The Word - Feb. 14, 2012 - AMAZING LOVE

"O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I am far away. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too great to understand" (Psalm 139:1-6).

There is a great deal in the Holy Scriptures that are difficult to understand. It was concerning such truths that David exclaimed: "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too great to understand."

Since the advent of Jesus Christ, far more has been revealed to us than David ever dreamed of, and now the Lord has even given us His Spirit to help us understand truths then unknown. There are precious passages, especially in the writings of Paul, which we will never completely understand in this life, simply because they are "too wonderful." and high for us to fully understand. We can believe them, of course, and rejoice in them!
Perhaps one of the most difficult for we mortals to fully grasp is in relation to the position of the believer as being "In Christ."

Just one other Scripture which has always gripped my soul and left me filled with the wonder of it all. "For He (God) has made Christ to be sin for us, He who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."

Can it really be true! Jesus Christ made sin that I might be made, not merely righteous, but "the righteousness of God in Him"! Dear Lord, I cannot take this in, it is too wonderful for this poor sinful heart to fully grasp! Yet I believe it and rejoice over it "with joy unspeakable and full of glory."

"And can it be that I should gain an interest in the Savior's blood! For me? who Him to death pursued? Amazing Love! How can it be that Thou, my God, should die for me!"