Tullian's devotional: It Is Finished (Aug 11)
We don't know how to react when we get really good gifts. When the gift is that good, no response is good enough. Certainly a plain "thank you" won't cut it....
Many of us Christians spend our lives trying to reciprocate for Jesus's gift to adequately say thank you. But if we turn a big enough gift into an obligation, we are crushed by it.
Let's acknowledge from the beginning, then, that this is a gift that tips the scales forever. Let's treat the gift like a child would, with excitement and joy, and go play, remembering that even our most heartfelt gratitude is not commensurate with His life-giving gift --- liberating us from the impossible burden of repayment.
