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| Image taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_program |
What most of us don’t realize is that as we swipe our “loyalty” or
points card we are automatically giving information to the store that supplied
us with that card. They get to know our spending habits, what we buy and how
often, where we shop and the distances we are prepared to travel to obtain the
goods we require. Just how much information is gathered, stored, and used is
difficult to determine. After all, we don’t really know and we don’t have
access to our information normally.
I was reminded of a verse in the Bible. ‘All things are naked and
opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do’. The writer is reminding
us that there is a God to whom we must answer one day. That God does not merely
record our shopping habits but stores every detail of our thoughts, words, and
deeds. If we stop to think about it we must realize that the Biblical
conclusion based upon the evidence gathered is accurate: ‘all the world . . .
guilty before God’. Can we really question that fact when every detail of our
life is scrutinised by God?
However, the good news is that God has supplied a Saviour, the Lord
Jesus Christ. We can have our sins forgiven. We can know our guilt removed.
Through the death of Jesus Christ upon a cross outside of Jerusalem some 2000
years ago, we can find salvation. Through faith in Christ – a confession of our
sin to Him and a willingness to trust and follow Him in our lives – we can be
saved from sins guilt and penalty. Those who have come to faith in Christ can
speak of the burden that has been lifted from their life. They can speak of the
joy of forgiveness and peace with God. Can you? The Christian life is not easy
but a relationship with God in Jesus Christ is the best in life!
