"I am proud of the good news! It is God's powerful way of saving all people who have faith..." (Romans 1:16)
Text: Romans 1:16-17, 3:22b-28
What kind of supernatural power comes with good news? The good news that says I can come to an intimate and real experience of God 's presence and grace by trusting in the saving presence of Jesus Christ who sacrificed his life so I can be intimate with God. That is good news and it really does imply something supernaturally incredible that I can taste and experience. But I have heard all this before. Many of us have heard this preached... proclaimed... and sometimes crammed down our throats. How does the Lord make this sink in so it means what it really means to this current and present era?
My daughter Olivia is almost two years old. She loves to sleep cuddled in her daddy's arms. When she wakes up and senses the absence of her daddy... his scent... his breath... his arms... she begins to cry and call out to him. Sometimes she actually gets out of her bed goes to daddy's bed where he sleeps. Then she positions herself in his arms where she feels his cuddling presence... then she's back asleep.
What is supernaturally powerful about the good news of Jesus Christ? I don't have to wake up alone. Trusting in the presence of Jesus means that when I come to him I am coming to my daddy's arms. I can rest in his presence and be covered by his scent... his breath... his arms. This is where my leap of faith is. I can rest asleep in my supernatural daddy's arms because I trust what Jesus said two thousand plus years ago. "I am the way, the truth, and the life... without me no one can go to my daddy" (John 14:6).
This is true. All I have to do is trust that Jesus was speaking truth and reality when he said it. When I do... I just climbed into my daddy's bed and I'm resting in his supernatural arms. That is supernatural power. That is good news.
"Jesus I know you spoke the truth when you said that believing you and trusting you would make God real to me. So here you are present and alive... I am in your presence. Lord I love your scent... your breath... it is your loving arms that is around me. I am at peace."
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