Today is Friday, September 7th, 2007; Karen's Korner #1145

Something written and emailed to me by my friend, Chris Lousias, more than a year ago:
 

Service You Can Count On

 

I was driving south on Highway 69 and I came upon a billboard that said “Service You Can Count On.”  There was a picture of an orange-yellow sunset and in the foreground there was what I perceived as an empty cross.  As I got closer to the billboard, I discovered it wasn’t a cross at all; it was a picture of a power pole that was in the shape of a cross.  The billboard was advertising for a power company.

 

I wonder if whoever made the board knew that someone would think of the ad as a confirmation of what Jesus did for us on His cross, really and truly, is service we can count on!

 

The business of Jesus redeeming us was advertised about 700 years before the grand opening of the life of Jesus.

 

Isaiah 42:1-4

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
      the one I love, in whom I delight;
   I will put my Spirit on him,
      and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 
 He will not quarrel or cry out;
      no one will hear his voice in the streets. 
 A bruised reed he will not break,
      and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
   till he leads justice to victory. 
    In his name the nations will put their hope. (NIV)"

 

Once that cross was emptied of His dead, bloodied and battered body, three days later, Jesus stepped out of that grave alive and well.  His walking out of that grave was testimony to the Father’s acceptance that Jesus did what He came to this earth to do.  Our justification was secured by his obedience to the death, and because of that He was raised from the dead. 

 

His resurrection is a proof that he made a full atonement for our sins, that his sacrifice was accepted satisfactorily and his blood stands as a ransom for sinners. It is also a pledge and a non-refundable earnest of the resurrection of all believers.  Romans 4:25 says “He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification (NIV).”  Romans 8:11 states “It stands to reason, doesn't it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he'll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ's! (The Message)”

 

So, step up to the Counter and declare yourself to His Service, because His Service comes with an Eternal Lifetime Guarantee!

 

Praise You Jesus for being obedient to the Father so that we may live through You.  Thank You for giving us an eternal lifetime guarantee as nothing else on this earth can live up to those standards.  I pray this and honor You Jesus, Amen.

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