A Reason To Rejoice! Romans 5:9-11

A Reason To Rejoice

Romans 5:9-11 "Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For it, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved THROUGH His life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation."

This passage reminds us that our reason to rejoice is not that our future salvation is assured, that we've been delivered from eternal punishment, or that Christ died for us while we were still his enemies, Certainly that would be reason enough! BUT, we also rejoice because in the present, right here on earth in the midst of where we are- today, tomorrow, and all the  days we are alive- we can enjoy a wonderful new relationship with our heavenly Father. This is not a distant relationship but a close, intimate one. We are blessed with this intimacy because the finished work of Christ removed every barrier standing between the Lord and us and restored our relationship so that we could be friends of God. We did NOTHING to accomplish this; we receive it because of what Christ did. Think of it- friends of the Almighty!
IF NOTHING ELSE IS GOING WELL TODAY, WE STILL HAVE GREAT REASON TO REJOICE!!!!

Oswald Chambers~ "The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God."

-taken from One Year Praying Through The Bible by Cheri Fuller