Romans 5:7-8 -- On Sacrifice and Eternity

"For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 5:7-8


I was thinking about physical rescues... risking your life to pull someone to safety, get them out of a burning building, stand up to someone who is harming them, etc. and as the verse says, a lot of time we don't put our lives on the line for others because it seems too risky or we're afraid, or maybe we just don't know how to intervene and aren't sure if it is our place or if it will do any good.

I think that the idea of being physically saved makes a good comparison here, because Christ willingly sacrificed his own will and years of his potential earthly life to die for each of us. He was willing to figuratively rescue us all from the burning building of our lives and heal us and create a safe space for us to recover and mend. He didn't do it just to save the best and the brightest... he did it to give all of us, even the lowliest in the eyes of the world, the chance to triumph over our own weaknesses and have a chance to live with him, for eternity... he wants us there; he suffered and gave up his mortal life so that it could happen.

Today, let's honor Christ's sacrifice and do all we can to be there as well, to rejoice together, and with Christ, and find out what an eternity in a true paradise is all about. Libraries on every corner? Delicious calorie-free food? The time and motivation to bring our best ideas to life? ... I don't know for sure either, but I think that it's worth all of our effort to find out. :)