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Access to God
Access to God Devotion
Becoming a Christian has enormous consequences. Relationships
are changed; we are given privileges; we look at life differently;
our resources are inexhaustible. How do we receive all of this?
Paul makes it clear: through our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1).
Our relationships are changed: we have peace with God (Romans 5:1).
When we are at odds with God, inner peace eludes us. Becoming a
Christian necessitates being made right with God, and what a
difference it makes! Peace with God is enough to sing about.
We are given privileges: we have access by faith into God’s
very presence (Romans 5:2). Once we knew only hostility; now
we are invited into the King’s presence. Once we were outside;
now we are welcome inside. Access. What are you doing with
the privilege of coming into God’s presence?
We look at life differently; we can be joyful even when facing the
hard things that come into our lives (Romans 5:3). We know life
isn’t purposeless. God is taking the stuff of our lives and making
something good of it.. We are on our way somewhere. God wants
to get us ready for heaven. Our joy is real because we know one
day share the glory of God.
Our resources are inexhaustible: God keeps pouring his love into
our hearts (Roman 5:5). He not only makes us feel very loved,
but he is so generous in his supply that we have an overflow of
love for other people. He gives us the Holy Spirit, who not only
transforms our thinking, but makes God’s love real to us.
Our trouble begins when we forget these great realities and
concentrate on our inadequacies, our fears, and all the other
manifestations of our smallness. The proof of God’s love is that
Jesus Christ died for us. We are no longer shivering outside in the
cold with no credentials to come before the King. Jesus has invited
us into his very presence and has given us all we need and more
besides. This passage in Romans 5 is a renewed invitation to take
advantage of your privileges as a daughter of a King.
Author: Gladys M. Hunt
Verse for today: Romans 5:1
Passage for the day: Romans 5:1-5
From NIV Women’s Devotional Bible #1
ZONDERVAN Publishing House
