As I open the newspaper
everyday or walk past a hoarding or switch on the TV I often come across the
freebies offered to consumers. "Buy one: Get one Free" is the slogan of today's
marketing. You buy a pressure cooker and a frying pan is free; you buy a cot the
mattress is free. Incentives everywhere is attracting the masses to "BUY". As I
pondered I realized, we, as followers of Christ need to realize all that we have
received even without asking (leave alone buying). The roles are reversed. We
have been bought for a price - a price that only God and His son paid. All we
had to do was accept that valuable gift, cherish it, remembering we do not merit
it, yet has been given and when Christ comes into our lives :
Realize you have been Chosen. This entitles you to
Claim the promises of God. Remember you now belong to a Covenant keeping God who
never fails and to HIM nothing is impossible.
When we let the Biggest C (Christ) come into our lives
with HIM comes:
Courage Jos. 1:5
Confidence Psalms 32:8
Comfort Isaiah 51:12
Caution Proverbs 3:5,6
Consolation Isaiah 46:4
Contentment Psalms 34:10
Folks… the package of freebies that come with Christ
are neither measurable nor countable. So what are you waiting for?? Take Him and
with Him comes everything that money cant buy or plastic cards can ever pay!
Remember this offer never ends… but your time is
running out!
Jayashree Augustine shree310@gmail.com
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