Riddle

A Riddle of life and death.
It is not what you do or don’t do. It is knowing the right answer.

I have disobeyed like Jonah hundreds of times.
I have despaired like Elijah thousands of times.
I have doubted like Thomas tens of thousands of times.
I have denied Jesus like Peter millions of times.

Who am I?

I am the worst of sinners.
I have murdered, stolen, slandered, deceived, lusted, envied, hated and rebelled.
And even if I haven’t, I fail the perfect standard of God’s law just by being self-centred.
I know I deserve death.

But, despite my failures, my weaknesses and my sin, he loves me. I know that I cannot live by my own standards that do not measure up to the perfect standard of God. And because I realise that I am unworthy, he made a way for me. He paid the price for me.

I am saved by grace. And I am thankful.
My name is Grace and I know Jesus. He is my God. And so much more. He is Life, my best friend, my everything.

I live by the blood that Jesus poured out for me on the cross;
Therefore I lay down my life and take up my cross to follow him.

This is the paradox of being a follower of Christ Jesus.

This is faith in the love that transcends all understanding.
Love that was willing to die for a sinner just like me and just like you.
Faith in the resurrection power of the only man who conquered death.

Jesus of Nazareth.
The only perfect man who claimed that he is God.

Do you believe? Do you want to believe?

He does not say that he knows the truth.
He says that he IS the Truth.

I believe what he says is true.
I believe that he is Truth.

And Righteousness is by faith alone.
I am not perfect, but I know who has made me righteous.

Do you know him?
Do you want to know my Jesus?
I pray that you will… because I believe in miracles.