Are there things you need to make amends for? Is there something you need to pay off? Is there something you want to buy back? Do you need to recover something you lost? Do you feel as though you need to be restored? Have you accepted redemption?
We all have likely done something we felt we needed to make amends for. We have had to pay off a loan for a house, vehicle, credit card, or student loans. We may have needed to buy something back. We may have searched to recover something we have lost.
Each one of us need to be restored. This is where Jesus comes in. He has redeemed us. He made amends for us, paid off our debt, bought us back, recovered us, and restored us into a right relationship with God. Jesus did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Our sinful nature separated us from God. Jesus redeemed us, putting us in a right standing before God.
For what Jesus has done for us, we should thank Him. It is because of His goodness, His holiness, and His sacrifice that we can stand before God without the stains of sin. Our disobedience is erased. Our hard-headedness is cleared away. Our pursuit of our own will is wiped clean. The debt we owe for following our will has been paid.
Not only are we made right before God, but we are gathered into God’s open arms. He brings us to him and promises that we will live with him for eternity. God, through Jesus Christ, has made a way for us to be rewarded forever with a perfect life that we cannot achieve on our own. So, thank Jesus today for His love and sacrifice for us.
I pray we all know that we have been redeemed by Jesus. I pray we know we have been restored to God. I pray each one of us thank God and Jesus for doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves. You have been redeemed. Jesus has restored you. Thank God for his plan. Thank Jesus for His sacrifice.
Psalm 107:1-3
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
those he redeemed from trouble
and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
Marty Pressey 