Thoughts from Max Lucado

Leave It at The Cross

 “Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.” 1 Peter 3:18 NIV

The path of righteousness is a narrow, winding trail up a steep hill. At the top of the hill is a cross. At the base of the cross are bags. Countless bags full of innumerable sins. Calvary is the compost of guilt. Would you like to leave yours there as well?

Rooted in God’s Love

We know and rely on the love God has for us.  I John 4:16 NIV

The secret to loving is living loved…

Does bumping into certain people leave you brittle, breakable, and fruitless?...  If so, your love may be grounded in the wrong soil.  It may be rooted in their love (which is fickle) or in your resolve to love (which is frail).  John urges us to “rely on the love God has for us” (I John 4:16, NIV).  He alone is the power source.

Approachable Jesus

Everything God does is good and fair; all his orders can be trusted.  Psalm 111:7

There is not a hint of one person who was afraid to draw near Jesus.  There were those who mocked Him.  There were those who were envious of Him.  There were those who misunderstood Him.  There were those who revered Him.  But there was not one person who considered Him too holy, too divine, or too celestial to touch.  There was not one person who was reluctant to approach Him for fear of being rejected.

No Ordinary Night

I came to give life—-life in all its fullness.

An ordinary night with ordinary sheep and ordinary shepherds.  And were it not for a God who loves to hook an “extra” on the front of ordinary, the night would have gone unnoticed.  The sheep would have been forgotten, and the shepherds would have slept the night away.

But God dances amidst the common.  And that night he did a waltz… The night was ordinary no more.