Someone's Watching

God is watching our lives...and He's taking notes.  Have you ever heard that?   It's a funny thought really.  To think that the creator of the heavens and the earth, the all powerful, all knowing, most holy God would pay attention to us.  Go ahead, try to wrap your head around that.  All of your days are being observed by the All-Mighty.  There isn't a moment that passes that He does not see.  That thought you just had, he heard it.  Amazing isn't?  We are so loved that even the hairs on our heads are numbered.  I can't even remember birthdays, but God knows every detail about my life and yours.

Why am I writing this?  What's the point?  The point is this, are you ready?  Take a deep breath.  Here goes, your life is worth watching.  I know what you're thinking, no, it's really not.  If you only knew Brian.  Well, I do know.  I know the most important truth in all of human history.  You were worth a Son to God.  But I'm unworthy.  Yes.  I'm a sinner.  Ok.  I've failed so many times.  We all have.  Focusing on our unworthiness or failures is probably one of the biggest mistakes we make. 

The question is not, why did God send His son to die for someone like me? 

The question is, what will we do with the amazing gift that He has given to us? 

This just in...it's not about us!  It's about Him and how great He is!  Ok, I know it may seem as though I'm contradicting myself, but hear me out.  Yes, your life is worth watching...but, it's only because He has redeemed it.  Follow?  The price was paid by Jesus Christ," Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.  And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death — even death on a cross!"  Philippians 2:6-8

Do you understand that we get what Jesus deserves and He got what we deserved?  That "He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John 2:2

He took our punishment..."Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."  Phil. 2:9-11

Paul poses this question to us in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, " Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?"  Good question Paul, do we know?  He goes on to say, "You are not your own;  you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."

So if we are the actual houses of God's Holy Spirit and were bought with a price, but not just any price, the greatest price ever paid.  Then, we should live in such a way as to honor God with our bodies and our entire lives.  Why?  Because of what He has done!  My encouragement for you today is that you begin to see your life as more than just mere days, months and years.  More than just a compilation of good and bad choices, successes and failures.  But rather, a beautiful story written with the precious blood of Jesus.  A story of true love, passion and redemption.  After all, the greatest message the world will ever hear is the message our lives speak every day.