WHAT A GLORIOUS GOOD FRIDAY!
Isn't it awesome to know that our God is the only God Who reaches out to us? He is not some sort of unattainable God who is so far away and unreachable. He is a God who never ignores us, He dwells among us. It is His longing and His desire to be with us! He communed with Adam in the garden. He met with Abraham out in the desert, He instructed Moses to build a Tabernacle so He could live among His people. He led David to start a 24/7 prayer tent. He led Solomon to build a Temple so He could meet with His people. Then He sent His only Son to connect with us, even lay down His life for us, pay the penalty of our sins so we can have the joyous opportunity to meet with this Glorious God, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords! What an amazing thing that was done for us! Not only that, He raised Jesus from the dead on the 3rd day! Because He is risen, we also have confidence that we will rise from the dead!
"But now Christ is risen from the dead and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.....Death is swallowed up in victory. 'Oh Death, where is your sting? Oh Hades, where is your victory?' The sting of death is sin and strength sin is the law. But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" I Corinthians 15:20, 54-55
I've walked with the Lord over half my life and I'm still so astounded and amazed at what was given me through my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. There is no other god, no other deity that can compare to my Lord Jesus and what He did for us on the cross!
Today, spend a few moments to meditate the price that was paid for you so you can have eternal life. So you can have access to God.
He is a good, good God. He is a good, good Father!