Lost

For the joy set before him, Jesus took on the cross for us (Hebrews 12:1-2). Christ the Lord is the One, the only One, who delivers true joy to the deepest part of our hearts. 

Jesus voluntarily went to the cross to die for your sins, to pay sin’s penalty as your substitute. He provided the way—the only way—to have an eternal relationship with God. Jesus is, indeed, “the Lord saves.”

He gained the world and lost his soul.

Why do I so often forget that Jesus “came to seek and to save what was lost?” Zacchaeus reminds me to turn my judgment to prayer.

He had everything . . . and nothing . . . at the same time. And then one day, the sad old man died. They said he experienced a rich full life . . . as he experienced an empty hellish eternity. He gained the world and lost his soul.

Thank God for His willingness to help you leave your past behind and build you a new future. Nothing is impossible with Him.

You are presently experiencing spiritual fatigue. Hope is lost. With no possible remedy in sight, waiting for God seems to be out of the question. You feel like you need to take matters into your own hands, but you have exhausted all possible solutions.