It is the holiday season and for the next two months we will be encouraged to give. Advertisements and displays will draw our attention to the possibilities of what can be purchased for someone else. The season will culminate in one or many gift exchanges to demonstrate our love for someone. But we all know, that if we truly were motivated by love, we would give far more and more frequently.
II Corinthians 5:14 says, “For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” We believe that Jesus Christ died to remove the penalty for sin, that is death, for all those who trust in His sacrifice. God’s great love for us compels us to live for Him, and no longer to live only for ourselves.
Reluctant Retiree 