The reason why

Why do we need Jesus? It appears to be a simple question, but it is not. I thought a lot about this question during the last week (10 hour one way trips will do that. I would look around me at rest stops and this question would enter my mind. How could I sum up why someone needs salvation? This perplexed me greatly. My entire life I have been told I need to evangalize and this has scared me to death. I care about people but I am much more one on one relational. You have to acquire the right to be in people's lives.

Yet for so long the message has been one of "Fire and Brimstone". Repent ye sinner or go to Hell. What are we trying to sell Fire insurance? That is not a good reason people need Jesus. If that is why they become a Christian what motivates them to stay committed? The personal NEED for Jesus has to come from God. There is nothing I can say or do to persuade a person that they need Jesus in their lives, that can only come from God. For someone like me is someone comes and tries to sell me the "fire insurance" version of Salvation I miss the loving God. I miss the Jealous God. I miss the God who loved me so much He sacrificed His own son for me!

I am humbled by this and feel so unworthy of God. Yet he chooses to love us even when we are unlovable. He comforts us when we are sad. He provides for us when we don't think it would be possible. And He lets us experience pain and hurt to help refine us to become more like Him. To His name is all the GLORY and HONOR!

This is the reason why people need God...because He so freely gives us the grace and love we don't deserve. He is the only one who understands us completely. He is the only one who raises the bar of expectations and then helps us make it no matter what it takes.