Good Morning All,
There once was a
man who had bought a puppy. He truly loved the little pup but one day the puppy
got outside and ran away. The man searched and searched for the puppy but
couldn’t find it. He was desperate but had no luck. Soon he thought he would
never see his puppy again.
A couple of years later, he saw a man with
a dog that looked like his would. He watched as the man kicked and beat the dog.
He went to the man and asked him why he treated the dog so poorly. The man
replied, “It’s my dog and I’ll do what I like with it.” The first man bent down to look at the dog
and saw the dog tag on the collar and immediately saw that it was the puppy
that ran away. He looked up and asked him, “How much do you want?” “$1000”, was the reply. So the first man gave
him all his cash, his watch and his computer and took the dog and walked away.
In
many ways, you and I are like that little dog. We ran away from God. We ran
from the loving relationship that he had with us, and we took off and never
looked back. Soon we found out that it is a cruel world out there. This new
master wasn’t kind at all. He was
incredibly cruel. Often times we were near death but survived only to be abused
again. Our future existence was extremely bleak.
Then one day a kind man came and bought us
for a ridiculous amount of money. The truly amazing part is that he already
owned us, but he bought us back anyway. He did this just so we would know how
much he loves us. He bought us away from that horrible owner, away from the pit
that our life was. He brought us home and cleaned us up and fed us. He did this
all out of love for us.
So now we have a new life. A new life that
is really our first life; a life living with our loving Father. We are in his
kingdom; protected by his grace and mercy from the old evil owner. We no longer
need to fear the old master for God, our heavenly Father, has defeated him for
us. We can live our life in the newness
of light. We are no longer destroyed but are now living in his presence. This
allows us to live the life that God has designed for us. This allows us to be
free from the clutches and control of the old evil master. God has bought you
back and declared you to be his redeemed child. Live each day with the
certainty of this hope.
Gracious Father, you sent Jesus to be the price to redeem us back
from our sin and debt. You have freed us from despair and the suffering under
the weight of that sin. Give us the power to love and to live the life which
you have given to us. Lead us to be the light in this dark world so that others
may see your grace in our lives and in our heart. Bring the lost into the fold. In Jesus’
precious name we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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