Blessings all as we enter into what a lot of churches across America term as Holy week. In our walk with Christ, we recognize the day that Christ gave Himself for our sins. Salvation is not a difficult concept but must be a difficult decision to commit to as so many choose not to. We know this to be true based on the words in the book of Matthew that reminds us narrow is the gate and few find it that leads to salvation and broad is the path to destruction. The question for me is always why is it so hard? Scripture records that salvation comes when we trust and believe and know that Jesus was the son of the living God, that He died for our sins and all we have to do is believe that. Simply put it is faith alone, through grace alone in Christ alone. Yet it is so hard because we know that if we choose to believe and commit to Christ, we need to have a repentant heart and slowly through sancification, become more Christ like. We need to give up sins that we have enjoyed in the flesh.
One thing we need to wrap our minds around is that each of us is going to die. Scripture records that it is appointed unto every man to die once. That is why it is so important to trust Christ before our last breath in this world. We often try so hard to cling to this life which is understandable in many ways. It is the only life we have ever known. But it is also important to remember what I started this second paragraph with. Regardless of what you are facing, trust in Christ with your life. Give it to Him today. Remind yourself that there is something so much better still to come.