“Receive the gospel with gratitude, marveling that there is a God who loves us so much as to allow Himself to be devoured by death so that we might live.” - D.J. Marotta
The Gospel is not just for the moment of salvation but for every moment in the life of a believer. The person and work of Christ, the beauty and wonder of God’s saving work is something no mind can fully grasp. The gospel is something in which angels long to look and understand, and it will be the song of heaven for all eternity - but does it move you to marvel today? Has the gospel become commonplace - remembered in a prayer of thankfulness - but nothing that reorients our gaze, our affection, our attention, or our time?
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” - 1 John 2:15-17
Father, may we marvel today at the gospel. Your life laid down so that we may live. And may our song echo the Psalmist: “I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD (Psalm 118:17).” Amen.
Marveling,
AB