Today's thought is very similar to yesterday's and it again reminded me of something we said in the men's group--it's something I don't spend enough time considering: the inconceivable unselfishness, generosity, LOVE in other words, that God showed--and continues to show--in assuming complete responsibility for dealing with a terrible mess not of His making--the mess we've made. That brought to mind a couple of other passages (and the RST is based on a quote from another book of Max Lucado's, God Came Near)...
Christ's death was not the result of a panicked cosmological engineer. It wasn't some tragic surprise, a knee-jerk response to a world plunging toward self-destruction. The death of the Son of God was anything but an unexpected peril. No, it was part of a plan, The Plan in fact. It was a choice; the choice of a loving parent seeking to recover His lost children.
"[Jesus] was handed over...by God's set purpose and foreknowledge..." Acts 2:23
"You know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ [who] was chosen before the creation of the world." 1 Peter 1:18-20
You've been prayed for today...
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