Finding Christ

We find Christ, not because He is lost, but because we are lost. It's not that Christ keep changing positions that we don't find Him. It's that we are in such deep darkness and so entangled in the wilderness. So often, in the early years of our Christian development, the context of our Christian experience is centered around 'works of righteousness'. Whether intentional or inadvertently, many of us are taught that Christ's sacrifice at Calvary was insufficient 'alone' as a prepaid ticket to heaven. Surely, I would have to add something to the cost of the ticket; perhaps some righteous deed or God-pleasing act on my part had to be added. In my case, it was five years before I learned that my salvation through Christ had 'no context', 'no pilgrimage', 'no good deed or righteous act' on my part to which I could attach to what Christ had already done for me. I could never be good enough, nor pleasing enough, to merit eternal life. But then, those heavy weights of religiosity and churchiness fell from my spirit. From then until now, I rejoice in the Grace through faith in Christ that saves me in spite of me. 62722PS