A debt we couldn’t pay..
So today I was at McDonalds for lunch. I kind of had a craving some something quick, cheap, and unhealthy..so McDonalds was a perfect choice!
I had placed my order, paid, and was standing to the side of the register waiting for my order to be completed. Behind me was a teenage guy around 16 or so. He had on a big winter coat, his back pack, and iPod, and came up to place his order. As he went to pay for his food, he hunted in his wallet, his backpack, his pockets, for money. He realized that he had lost all the cash he had. He mentioned he was travelling back home via Bus/train etc etc.
Understand me when I say, this story is not at all to be focused on me, but rather an analogy that really made me consider how I act towards Christ.
Without really thinking, I put down a $20 bill on the counter and felt God clearly saying to me, “help this kid out”. So I did. I didn’t know the kid, nor will I probably ever see him again, but God’s been teaching me to be obedient when He asks me to do something, so I did it. I decided to pay the debt this kid couldn’t pay. His reaction kind of shocked me. He didn’t really say thank you, or acknowledge me, or express any genuine gratitude for this random gesture. He just sort of took it, and enjoyed his lunch. As I headed to my seat, I simply just said “God bless ya dude, safe travels”. He didn’t even turn his head.
Again, this story is not about me, or “how nice I am”…please don’t get that. The thing that really struck me, is how this is totally an image of our relationship to Christ. While we live in our lives of sin and destruction, God comes along, sends His Son, to pay a debt we can’t pay. He doesn’t leave us hanging standing there attempting to find a way to pay for something we don’t have the ability to pay for, He comes along, puts His Son in place, and says, “Debt forgiven.”
But how do we react? Do we truly express our gratitude? Do we come before God with thankful hearts? Do we turn from the sin that put us in debt in the first place? Do we live a life that would please our “debt payer”?
Often we dont. We often just take the gesture (forgiveness), and go about our business. Not so much as turning our heads, or winking an eye.
May this be a challenge, to not only acknowledge Christ, our forgiver of the debt we couldn’t pay, but also a challenge to turn from what leads to our sin.
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