The Greater Tsunami of God's Grace

The Ten Commandments won't budge! Written in stone by the very finger of God who made all things. But why should we obey Him? Who gave Him the right to tell us how to live? Why is it necessary to have these limits put on our behavior by a set of rules? It is necessary because it is good!The Laws and boundaries set by God are for our own good! We can see this in His acts of creation. For instance, it was for our own good that God established limits to the sea. Pr 8:29 says, “When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command,” If you don't think these assigned limits to the sea aren't beneficial, then you ought to go back to the great tsunami of 2004. I am writing this devotion on the 12th anniversary of this tragic event, a day when God allowed the sea to transgress His command. An estimated 240 to 280 thousand people lost their lives as a result. I wonder how many of us made the connection between the deadly danger of the sea transgressing God's commands and our own deadly acts of disobedience against those Ten Commandments that won't budge. The Bible tells us of the deadly consequences of our disobedience in Ro 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death,” That's the price that must be paid for transgressing the boundaries set by God. Death was the price paid by over a quarter of a million people in that tragic tsunami, and a similar fate awaits all those who do not deal with the wage demanded by God for their sin. Thankfully the story doesn't end there. The rest of Rom 6:23 says, “ but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Not everyone died in that tsunami. There were some accounts of miraculous survival as well. Dare we say that this serves as a reminder that the gate to eternal life is narrow, but broad is the way that leads to destruction! (Mt 7:13,14) Sin threatens us on every front, but God says you and I don't have to be swept up in it. He sent His Son Jesus to die for our sins, and pay the wage on our behalf. Overwhelmed by our own sin, but the tsunami of God's grace is even greater! Let His gift wash over you today as you acknowledge your need for a Savior and receive Jesus both as your Savior and Lord!