God’s Word is alive and active to the believer who allows it to sink deep into their being. One thing I love is finding “hidden gems” - verses that seem to dance and flow off the page and right into my heart. I tuck them away as sacred treasures hidden within me. Recently I found one of these gems in Romans. It has a beauty to it that seems to be unmatched.
“Imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands.This wildly extravagant life-gift…that the one man Jesus Christ provides”
Romans 5:17 (MSG)
Right after this, Paul goes on to speak (vs. 6:1-14) of the freedom we find in Christ. “Our old way of life was nailed to the Cross with Christ, a decisive end to that sin-miserable life - no longer at sin’s every beck and call!” vs. 6:6 (MSG) This passage is summed up with vs. 14 telling us “For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.” (NIV) With this understanding we again find another gem, worthy of a place within the storehouse of our treasures.
“…aggressive forgiveness we call grace.”
Romans 5:20 (MSG)
When we invite Jesus into our lives, our old sinful life is dead. We no longer have to live under the weight of that sin because Jesus carried the Cross which bore the weight of them all. We now live under grace. Grace that is described in our second gem as “aggressive forgiveness.” The thesaurus uses words such as forcefully, insistently and uncompromisingly to describe aggressive.
How might your life change if lived as though you had been aggressively forgiven?!
I pray that you allow these words to sink deep within your heart. Allow them to become a part of your very being. I pray that you grasp with both hands the wildly-extravagant gift that only Jesus Christ provides and that your life has a breathtaking recovery as you experience the aggressive forgiveness that comes by his grace!
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