L’homme

L’Éternel Dieu forma l’homme, poussière du sol, et souffla dans ses narines une respiration de vie, et l’homme devint une âme vivante. Genèse 2. 7

L’être humain a été doué d’intelligence par Dieu, d’imagination, d’inventivité. Mais s’il excelle dans les connaissances et les sciences, et a découvert beaucoup de secrets du monde, pourtant il n’est que poussière. Le moindre souffle peut l’emporter, et il doit mourir un jour. Cela devrait le rendre humble et plus conscient de ses limites.

Mais la Bible nous dit que l’homme est aussi fait à l’image de Dieu. Non seulement il a une intelligence, mais il a en lui la conscience du bien et du mal, et la pensée de l’au-delà. Il a un esprit par lequel il peut communiquer avec Dieu. Oui, l’homme compte pour son Créateur, qui veut l’attirer à lui et le sauver du jugement que mérite son péché.

Feriez-vous partie de ceux qui doutent de l’intérêt que Dieu leur porte ? Pourtant, il a envoyé son Fils Jésus Christ pour nous sauver, parce que son amour pour nous valait tous les sacrifices.

Et si nous décidions de croire Dieu, qui nous parle dans la Bible, d’accepter de renouer avec lui par Jésus Christ, et de mettre à son service tout ce qu’il nous a donné ? Ce serait une façon – bien modeste, mais qu’il apprécierait – de lui montrer notre reconnaissance pour son merveilleux amour envers nous.

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Valiant Actions

I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me . . . and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:14–15

Jesus, there aren’t words grand enough to thank You for demonstrating the greatest act of love there is. Thank You for giving Your life away so I might live. Help me to show Your love to others no matter how much it costs me.

John Harper had no idea what was about to unfold as he and his six-year-old daughter embarked on the Titanic. But one thing he knew: he loved Jesus and he was passionate that others know Him too. As soon as the ship hit an iceberg and water started pouring in, Harper, a widower, put his little girl on a lifeboat and headed into the chaos to save as many people as possible. As he distributed life jackets he reportedly shouted, “Let the women, children, and the unsaved into the lifeboats.” Until his last breath, Harper shared about Jesus with anyone who was around him. John willingly gave his life away so others could live.

There was One who laid down His life freely two thousand years ago so you and I can live not only in this life but for all eternity. Jesus didn’t just wake up one day and decide He would pay the penalty of death for humanity’s sin. This was His life’s mission. At one point when He was talking with the Jewish religious leaders He repeatedly acknowledged, “I lay down my life” (John 10:11, 15, 17, 18). He didn’t just say these words but lived them by actually dying a horrific death on the cross. He came so that the Pharisees, John Harper, and we “may have life, and have it to the full” (v. 10).

By:  Estera Pirosca Escobar

Reflect & Pray
How do you reveal that you truly love those around you? How can you show Jesus’ love to someone through your actions today?