For What It's Worth...

Monday, April 25, 2011
For What It’s Worth… Occasionally I get inspiration for these blogs from random sources. God can use all sorts of things and experiences to plant ideas in my spirit for my writing. I got a message from a close friend yesterday about an experience he had at a restaurant at lunch yesterday that stuck with me.
He was sitting near a man that was ordering his food. He said this man apparently hadn’t been to an Easter service or anything. When the waitress was about to leave his table he said, “Well, happy Easter, whatever it’s worth…” Whatever it’s worth…whatever it’s worth…
My sin had me in chains. My filth was sickening to a holy, righteous, and perfect God. There was not any amount of “good deeds” I could ever do to undo the sin and wrong I had done in my life, or would go on to do later. My eternal destiny was hell. But He died and rose again. That’s what it’s worth.
Since the moment of taking that bite of fruit in the Garden of Eden, every man, woman, boy and girl had been living under a curse. This curse was heavy, and would end in death. God gave His Law to His people in the Old Testament as a reminder of how broken mankind really was. The Law pointed to the tremendous, inescapable need of a Savior. That why He died and rose again. That’s what it’s worth.
Countless hearts have been mended. Countless diseases have been healed. Countless lives have been restored. Countless relationships have been rebuilt. Countless addictions have been broken. Countless cases of hopelessness have been given hope. That, my friend, is what it’s worth.
Yes, I know we celebrated the resurrection yesterday on the big holiday set aside for such. But don’t miss this important truth: He rose again so we could get up on the day after, and the day after that, and the day after that. Lift up your eyes, today, and fix them on the Savior that is alive and sitting at the right hand of the throne of God, interceding for us, and carrying our pain and heartache for us. Because, after all, that’s what it’s worth.



That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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