You know how you look at your own life and heart sometimes and just feel so low down and unworthy? And I mean, we are totally unworthy, of course. We don’t deserve the love of God and we could never earn it. God’s love comes to us as a pure gift and we could never change His mind about it or make Him love us more or less by what we do. And let’s be honest - sometimes that’s tough to swallow. We’d like to give something back, right? It’s not that we really want to earn our keep with God or anything because deep down we know we couldn’t pull that off, but is there something, anything we could do? It turns out the answer is yes, and not only that, but when you do this, it means a lot to Jesus. At the end of the book of Luke there is a character who comes out of nowhere named Joseph of Arimathea. After Jesus died on the cross, he went to Pilate the governor and asked permission to take Jesus’ body down from the cross and bury it. Joseph was a rich and powerful man, and stepping out like this was a bold and risky move for him, both socially and politically. Pilate gave Joseph permission and he took Jesus’ body, washed it, prepared it and then buried our Lord in a tomb he purchased. No one even knew he believed in Jesus, but when it counted, he stood up and loved the Lord. When you love Jesus no matter what it costs you, it doesn’t earn your spot in Heaven or seal your forgiveness, but it means a lot to Jesus. He loves your love for Him.
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