For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. And not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
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God loved us and moved toward us while we were still weak and sinful. How does his reconciling love invite you to move toward God—or toward another person—rather than stay guarded or distant?
Where do you need to stop living as though God is reluctant to receive you, and instead be reconciled again to him in the peace Christ has already secured?
Because God moved toward you in Christ, take one reconciling step toward someone else today, if it is wise and appropriate. Send the text. Start the conversation. Offer the apology. Refuse to keep nurturing distance.
Thank God for his reconciling love, and ask him for courage to move toward peace with God and others.
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