How fitting to start the next 100 posts on this blog by dedicating this post, #201, to reflecting on the readings for the 1st Sunday of Lent.
Throughout this season, the readings speak about how God has set out to rescue us through His plan of salvation. The rescue started all the way back in Genesis when the first humans Adam and Eve turn against God's command in heeding the deceptive words of the serpent, falling prey to his temptation. Through their disobedience, sin entered the world, and we experienced death by being cut off from God, and a life-giving relationship with Him. We have been marred by sin ever since.
But then came the Man from God, Jesus Christ. He, like Adam and Eve, faced the temptations of Satan, and turned toward God and His Word to achieve the victory. Through Him, we now have the means to turn away from sin and towards God. That is the power of His love, that He would save us, acquitting us of sin, and bringing us back into right relationship with Him. It is in this relationship that we acknowledge Him as the God Who loves us and provides for us abundantly, we Who are made in His image.
No comments:
Post a Comment