Worth Dying For

This gets me every time. My favorite line? "The hands that held the stars, were now sentenced to wear my scars."  (Isaiah 53:5) This is a cry to those who do not yet know the Lord Jesus Christ. And it is a call to those who do believe, and are saved, to live, and give our all for Christ.





 

I tell myself that I need to live differently. I tell myself that I'm not supposed to fit in, and that I need to be living all out for Christ. And yet, I'm ashamed to say, that so often I try to blend in with everyone else. That is not what I have been called to do. Jesus left His throne, His glory, and His kingdom to come down to earth to purchase this traitor's heart. Time is running out, and the way things are going in this world, I honestly don't think I'll be here much longer. It's now or never, so what am I waiting for? My mission on this earth is clear, and it is the one my Savior sent me on: to reach out to the lost, hurting souls. We are all sinners. We have all fallen short. Every single one of us, including me, deserves the wrath of God. Yet in His love, mercy, and grace, God offers us a second chance. His forgiveness is not a blanket that covers this earth, but it it something that we have to choose to accept. By accepting His forgiveness, we have to realize that we are sinners, and there is nothing we can do to save ourselves, but we have to trust in Jesus as our Savior. Why anyone would turn away from the love of God is beyond me, but it is because they don't want to have someone in authority over them. They want to rule their own lives, but we are a fallen people, and what we try to do in our own strength will never last. We needed someone stronger to save us, someone with power over sin and death and hell. And indeed He did come. He left behind royalty to put on humanity. Please, I beg every single one, this is too important to pass by. Please, oh please, don't put this off. There is one who is willing to save you, if only you choose to accept Him. You're not abandoned. You're not alone.