This excerpt from Jay Adam’s book “The Great Demonstration” is a continuation from my last post….
It is not incumbent upon God to glorify you. That He has chosen to save you, Christian, should not merely please you; it should astonish you…
When you understand the magnitude of what God is doing on this planet, the fact that creation, fall, and redemption have, as their ultimate object, to reveal the nature of God to man and to the universe, and that He has chosen you to play a positive role in displaying the riches of His glory, how can you not be humbled (not to say floored) by the significance of it all?
You- a puny, worthless rebel- have been chosen (purely by grace) to be one of those in whom God is demonstrating to the universe the goodness, compassion, kindness, and grace that lie in the depth of your being! Your salvation astonished angels; shouldn’t it have a similar effect on you? It certainly humbled Paul. In speaking of how God demonstrated his grace in his life before men and heavenly beings he wrote:
“To me, the very least of all saints this grace was given to announce to the Gentiles the good news of the inexhaustible riches of Christ….so that God’s many-sided wisdom now may be made known by the church to the rulers and to the authorities in heavenly places in agreement with the eternal purpose that He accomplished by Christ Jesus our Lord” Ephesians 3:8,10, 11
Can you do any less than fall down on your face before Him in praise, gratitude and thanksgiving? What astonishing grace is yours!
