Friday, December 31, 2010

This Truth is Huge

Luke 22:19b,20b "'This is My body which is given for you...This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you."


This stuff just blows me away. At the beginning of Luke the angel announced: "Because of you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." Now Jesus, before His death is telling His guys (and us) "this is My body which is given for you…this…is…My blood, which is shed for you." For you. For me. Here is God who spoke eternal words, "invisible God (who) came in flesh from above" (Words from His Company by Daniel Renstrom) He came because of me. He suffered because of me. He sacrificed His body because of me. He shed His blood because of me. He died because of me.


I have grown up with this truth. Thank God, He gave me believing parents who taught me and took me to church where I could hear the truth of the New Covenant. It is a new covenant. Not the old covenant of the OT where the blood of bulls and goats had to be shed for the sin of the people. No. This is a new covenant where the blood of One had to be shed. One perfect sacrifice. A perfect man. God Himself. Once for all. Once for me. The result? I am forgiven. I am cleansed. I am free. I have a relationship with God. I have unfettered access to the throne room of heaven. Because of me is born a Savior. This was His body which was given for me. This was His blood which was shed for me.


And what do I do with this truth? Do I embrace it, and live it, and speak it? Or do I take it for granted because I have heard it so often? When I hear my pastor speak of it in church, how do I react? It should be new. It should be fresh every time I hear it. It should stir in me absolute adoration for the One who came for me, gave His body for me, and shed His blood for me. Unfortunately, I can't say that this is always true. God forgive me. Oh God, help me to love this truth above all others. Help me to not get enough of this truth. Help me to want to hear it, over and over again…for the power of this truth is the power of salvation…my salvation…others salvation. "Because of me is born this day in the city of David a Savior…" A Savior…Jesus. Let me hear it. Let me speak it.