What We All Need Right About Now

Look around. Watch the news. Listen to people talking in the next booth. Scroll through your social media feeds. I don’t know about you, but it seems pretty obvious to me that we are all in need of some serious saving right about now.

Never mind for a minute about platforms and hashtags, soap boxes and aisles, movements and slogans. There’s really only one solution, one remedy, one antidote to the sickness that plagues our world today.

The answer isn’t found in a relationship, a cause, a survival plan, a medication, a special diet, an exercise regimen, a political party, an elected official, a book, a series of laws or anything else we can come up with that might provide some temporary (or even long-lasting) relief.

No, what we need is a Savior.

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you,” the Apostle James tells us. “Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!” (James 4:8)

Sounds like a message for us today, doesn’t it? All of us, I’d venture to add, no matter how long we’ve been wearing (or wielding, as the case may be) the name of Christ.

We need a Savior and—thanks to the miracle of Easter—we have One.

The “great and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant with those who love Him and keep His commands”—He is it.

The Most High—the very “One who steadies the pillars of the earth”—is the Rock of our salvation, our refuge in every generation, a “helper who is always found in times of trouble.”

He is our Savior.

He is THE Savior.

Yes, we can (and should) aim to make a difference in our own circles of influence, large or small. But, as I’ve been reminded over and over again this past year, God doesn’t ask any of us to be anyone else’s savior.

This hits a bit close to home for people who tend to be fixers, people with loved ones who are struggling in one way or another, people who sometimes think the Holy Spirit could use a little help with His convicting or counseling efforts.

People like me, that is, and maybe like you too.

At this point in my life, God has given me some specific roles to fill. As wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and neighbor, I’m called to encourage, help, listen, comfort and (always) pray.

I am not called to fix, control or save.

I must leave that work to God.

He took care of it—all of it—on the cross. What Jesus did there has no exclusions, no exceptions and certainly no expiration date.

He saved us then. He saves us now. He will save us throughout eternity.

He offers this salvation to us as a gift of grace, free for the accepting.

For that, there is ony one response.

♥ Lois

Note: The names and descriptions of God used in this post can be found in Nehemiah 1:5, as well as Psalms 47:2, 75:3, 95:1, 90:1, 46:1 and 42:5.

P.S. I’m linking up this week with Purposeful Faith, #TellHisStory, Recharge Wednesday, Coffee for Your Heart, Chasing Community, Faith on Fire and Grace & Truth.