The one thing in this world that scares me the most are movies about Zombies. I just can't seem to get them out of my head after I watch a movie. I wake up terrified in the middle of the night (yes I still have night mares!). The worst is when I will be reading my Bible in the morning when it is still dark out and I will see something move outside and my mind takes off; I will freak myself out to the point that I no longer want to go outside to exercise. Pretty interesting huh? So why introduce today with this?
What stood out to me: Verses 4-6 say, "But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus."
Why did this stand out to me: These verses stood out to me because it began a thinking process in me about my response to sin. These verses use words like 'dead' and 'alive' in regards to my life in Christ. Before I really knew Christ, and by that I mean around my late college years, I was dead. I turned down opportunities to hang out with people because I would rather find ways to sin. Now I have a new life and I am fully alive, instead of mostly dead!
How this applies in my life: I wrestle with this concept quite a bit actually. As a born again believer and follower of Jesus Christ I know I am dead to my sin. I no longer am controlled by it. But yet, there is still a desire within me to want to sin. How crazy is that? I am supposed to be this great leader and example, but yet I continue to want to sin. I know I am supposed to be living a life that honors God, but there are days I do not feel like doing that because I would rather sin. How do I cope with this new life, yet at the same time wanting what I had in my former? What do you think?
Tomorrow I will be reading through the end of chapter 2!
In His service, CrazyPete
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