The other day I sat at a debrief and listened to my squad mentor TT tell a story about someone in her life who remarked on how inspiring it was to watch her get so excited about someone’s salvation. She responded to the person by saying “Of course I get excited about their salvation, I mean lets be real – I still get excited about my salvation!”
That stuck with me.
I sat there and thought about the fact that in all honesty I don’t get excited about my salvation anymore.
I’ve known Jesus about as long as I’ve known myself and probably longer than I’ve known the english language. He’s just always been a part of my life. I honestly can’t remember a time without him.
But I can remember the time that I chose him.
I was six years old, riding in the back of our 1999 Toyota Camry listening to my brother and my Dad talk about what we had learned in church that morning. As we pulled into the parking lot of our destination I asked my Dad if he could answer some questions I had. He sent my brother inside the Peter Piper’s Pizza for the birthday party we had come to attend and stayed with me. I crawled up into the front seat of that car and as we talked the message of Jesus became real to me. I still remember praying with my Dad a prayer of salvation, Jesus went from being someone I knew to being the one who saved my soul.
I can’t say that there was some crazy shift that happened in my life that day.
No bombs went off.
No fireworks exploded.
The heavens didn’t open up before my eyes.
My life didn’t look any different from the way it did the day before.
I was just a small little girl with a GREAT Daddy who led me in the way of the Lord.
But even though I may not have seen it something big DID happen that day.
That one event has been the catalyst for my entire life.
My salvation is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me.
My soul has been saved because Jesus loved me enough to shed his blood for me, to offer himself up as a living sacrifice.
WOW.
Seriously… just pause and think about that for a moment.
If you’re saved I hope you find yourself humbled,
If you haven’t made a declaration of faith I hope it makes you want to know Jesus and the power of His sacrifice on the cross.
Sometimes I get so used to being on this journey with Jesus that I forget to be in awe of my own salvation. It simply becomes a part of who I am and I forget to be in reverence of His sacrifice.
This Easter my prayer for all of you is that you would either get excited about your salvation or desire your own relationship with Jesus. Don’t fall into the mundane like I did, remember what He has done for you and be in awe of it.
