Well, I guess everyone's life is not like a scene out of an old western movie, but there is a some truth to when the villain says "Hey Blonde', you're a dead man."
If we take a quick look at Ephesians 2:1-2, Paul is saying, or observing, that we were dead in our sins when following the ways of this world. He doesn't say "just passing through our sins," or that we were in a "sinful stage." But that we were dead-
not moving,
unable to get out,
hopelessly struggling,
in our sin. In a way, lets not simply think of "sin" as specific actions here, but more of a state of being. Being in sin: disconnected from Christ or taking away from God's vision of Shalom for the world. Things were way out of balance and there was nothing we could do about it.
Enter Christ.
He who brings live from death - redeems our lives from the depths of disconnectedness (sin) and despair. Having someone help you like this is very humbling. Often times we might rather struggle needlessly on our own than have someone save us or help us. This often leads us, a people preaching Grace, to be a people who leave little time to simply "be" and receive grace because we are so busy trying to work our way our of "sin." Christ says something different. Christ comes to us in our inability and rescues us from a life that we, on our own, could not change.
What might it look like for you to rest in Grace? To simply sit at the feet of the Father and soak up his love?
We are helpless apart from his grace, in what ways have we seen or felt grace in action this past week?
How can we better tell our stories of receiving Christ's grace and life changing power?
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