Sweet Salvation

There's something really neat about an image that I caught on a road trip with my family today. We had been driving for a few hours in daylight, and then the sun started to set. Awe filled my heart as I watched the sky light up in incredible shades of so many different colors... colors that I couldn't even describe if I tried because orange, yellow, and pink wouldn't give it justice. It was so quick, the daylight disappeared and I just sat astonished by how it just sunk down beneath my view. I watched it as long as I could out my window, and then for miles in the rear view. Even as it went farther and farther down in the sky, there was still such beauty in the small glimpse I could still see. Then, it went dark, and when I couldn't see it any longer, I could look out and see the stars, and I remembered that the moon would come out soon as well.
From that image, I was reminded of the incredibly sweet truth of our salvation.
Just like that, we cross from death to life when we give our lives to Jesus. It's fast, beautiful, and definite. Even when, the light seems to be gone, or I struggle to see Jesus in my life at times, He's there. Similar to the lighting of the sky, even when we can't see the sun anymore, He has gifted us with the light from the stars and the moon. Thinking about the perfection of that plan leaves me in awe.

There's a chunk in the very beginning of Genesis, where God is creating the world, and specifically gives purpose to the light He creates. "And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day." Genesis 1:14-19 ESV

To know that the God who created purpose for that light, creates a purpose in me too is something to get lost thinking about. He is so good to me. He is so big. He has incredible plans, and wants to use us in great ways. I want to be ready and prepared for Him to do that. I want my heart to be overflowing with the love and joy that He fills me up with every day.

Let Jesus set Himself in your heart, just like the sun sets in majesty. Allow Him to make you new, and ready to be used. Open your heart for the joy He begs to share with you. Brace yourself for His beauty.