Scripture to Read: 1 Timothy 2:6
As we saw in the devotion on Day #4, God, in His incredible lovingkindness, mercy, and grace, desires the entire human race to be saved. God also desires every born-again believer to know Him as intimately as possible. We continue in this good news today as we read 1 Timothy 1:6. God reminds us that Christ gave Himself as a ransom (a substitutionary sacrifice, payment made to release a prisoner, to restore to freedom) for everyone who willingly surrenders to Him as Lord and Savior. Christ paid the full price for every sin that has ever been committed or will ever be committed. Christ also came at the exact and proper time that God intended. God says it this way in the NLT in Galatians 4:3-5, “And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world. 4 But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5 God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.” When we consider that God’s timing is always perfect, we can also rest in the fact that God will send Christ back at the perfect time to get His bride, the church. While we wait for our King’s return, we must passionately pursue Him and His Word and walk in obedience to Him every day.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you today about Christ’s sacrifice for your sin and about God’s timing?
2. How are you living each day to show your incredible gratefulness to God for His forgiveness through Christ’s sacrifice?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!