God, That's A Good Question!

I read an awesome question, posed by God Himself, in Job 41:11 this morning: "Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?"

Think about that for a while.

It is not even possible that you or I could have given anything to God first that he should want to repay us. He existed before the foundation of the world, and no one could have given Him anything in order to have Him extend His love to us. And yet He did, especially when He sent His Son into the world to bear our sins for us, be crucifed, buried and raised on the third day. Now the Son sits in heaven with His Father, and some day He will return again to collect his bride whom He dearly loves.

Could we have caused any of these things ourselves? Certainly not! It is only by God's miraculous Sovereignty and Grace that He does. Let's thank Him for that today with every breath that we take. He deserves that much, and so much more.