small stage for a grand performance

Easter Sunday, as we were worshiping, it occurred to me that the victory of the Cross and the Resurrection are experienced one person at a time.  The greatness of our Lord to pay for all sins for all time is certainly beyond comprehension.  The wonder that our Lord would die for me, individually, is just as amazing.  I realized that we appropriate the power of the resurrection when we, individually, realize by faith that the work of the Cross was for ourselves personally and we bow in brokenness and ask the Lord Jesus to come into our hearts.  I was struck by the idea that the love of God and the plan of God for a changed world takes place first in the hearts of individual people, who are transformed by welcoming Him into their lives.  There are billions of people alive today and there are hundreds of nations and thousands of tribes and religious sects, yet there is no greater drama than the individual drama of each heart and the opportunity we enjoy to meet the Savior personally.  Does anyone value anything more than their own life?  When we find the love of the Lord we realize that there is One who knows us and loves us even more than we can love ourselves.  I am overwhelmed by the intimate and personal love our God would have with us!   Deuteronomy 7:6 Do this because you are a people set apart as holy to God, your God. God, your God, chose you out of all the people on Earth for himself as a cherished, personal treasure.   blessings, Rob Smith