What We Did Not Earn and Certainly Do Not Deserve

1 Corinthians 6:11

And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Once we receive Jesus Christ as Our Savior, we are washed clean of our sins and made acceptable to take our place before the Father in heaven.  We receive what we did not earn and certainly do not deserve.  It is granted to us through the atoning work of Our Savior.  None is the result of our holiness. 

Our holiness is the holiness we receive when we are indwelled by the Holy Spirit.  Our holiness is the result of us allowing the life of Jesus to be manifested in our flesh.  Are we willing to let God do in us all that has been made possible by Our Savior?  Or are we resting content in the salvation that we have been granted without pressing into a relationship with the One who gave His life so that our salvation could be assured? 

Our salvation guarantees our place in heaven.  The relationship that we have with Our Savior will determine our position in heaven.  Both our place in heaven and our position in heaven are gifts from God.   But we must choose to receive them.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for the eternal resting place that You have prepared for us.  We ask that we may receive the grace to fully recognize the perfect gift that we have been given and the unimaginable sacrifice that was required for us to be able to receive it.  We pray, Father, that the Holy Spirit will inspire us to choose to accept the fullness that is ours through Your Son, Jesus.  We pray that we will never be satisfied with our salvation alone, but that we will seek the highest level of all things that You have set aside for us.  We ask all these things in the name of our Most High, Most Holy and Most Righteous Lord, Jesus Christ.