Be encouraged that our God is not a God of “karma,” “an eye for an eye,” or “you get what you deserve.”
Rather, He has poured his love and grace upon the entire planet, not wishing that ANY should perish, but that ALL have the opportunity to reconnect to the Vine, to re-engage with His perception of reality, and to walk fully transformed in all the fullness of life!
He causes the sun to warm and the rain to refresh both the good & evil! And like a magnetic force of glory, where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more!
Isaiah 53:5-11
HE was wounded for OUR transgressions,
HE was bruised for OUR iniquities;
the chastisement for OUR peace was upon HIM,
by HIS stripes WE are healed…
OUR iniquity was laid on HIM…
HE was oppressed & afflicted…
HE was led as a lamb to the slaughter…
HE was cut off from the land of the living;
for OUR transgressions HE was stricken…
HE shall justify many, for HE shall bear THEIR iniquities.
Wow! This sure doesn’t sound like ‘karma’!
Let the excitement of heaven flood your heart as you wake up to the reality that you don’t have to work for even one drop of God’s love & kindness.
Put off all feelings of guilt, condemnation & shame, take your eyes off of yourself and your past, and turn to him. Lock your eyes on him. He took every punishment, every stripe, every iniquity. So go, walk in the amazing light of oneness and love others.
Romans 5:8-11
But Christ proved God’s passionate love for us by dying in our place while we were still lost & ungodly!
And there is still much more to say of his unfailing love for us! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration, “You are now righteous in my sight.” And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never experience the wrath of God. So if while we were still enemies, God fully reconciled us to himself through the death of his Son, then something greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, & because we share in his resurrection life, how much more we will be rescued from sin’s dominion! And even more than that, we overflow with triumphant joy in our new relationship of living reconciled to God—all because of Jesus Christ!