There is a deep instinct within all of us that wants to limit our liability. Your relationship with the credit card company is a relationship of law, not love. You pay them what you owe. When you get behind in your payments, you end up owing more. But even then, there’s a limit to what you owe. Your statement tells you exactly what debt you have incurred. So, you write your check and you’re done. A relationship of love is different. There are no defined payments—no limits. When it comes to our relationship with God there is a strong instinct in our fallen nature that would prefer a relationship of law: “Tell me what I have to do—daily quiet time? Bible study? Accountability partner? Pray with the family? What else? Give me the list.” If Christ related to us on the basis of law, He would never have come into the world. He was under no obligation to come. The incarnation is about God going beyond the law and reaching out to you and to me in love. His love has no limits. How does this love set you free?
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 02:00:20 +0000