Good Ship Of
Grace!
"For the wages of sin is
death,
but the gift of God is eternal
life
in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 6: 23
How far can you swim? According to Guinness World
Records,
the longest distance ever swum without flippers in the open
sea
is 139.8 miles—a remarkable feat by Veljko Rogošić of
Croatia
in
2006.
But it’s 9,600 miles across the Pacific
Ocean.
Even if his life depended on it, Veljko
would
still have come 9,460.2 miles
short.
We can never get to heaven on our efforts. Only the
good
ship of grace can take us there. Many people try to live
good
enough to merit heaven, but we’re too flawed, too sinful,
and
too imperfect for God’s
presence.
The wages of sin is
death.
But through Jesus Christ,
God
offers us the free gift of eternal
life.
We can’t earn our salvation any more than we can swim
across
the seas, but Christ has done the work so that we
might receive
the gift. We don’t have to swim or struggle. We simply
trust the
Captain of our
salvation.
"Toward the stout ships that have carried me across the
seas
I have ever cherished a grateful feeling. How much more
do
I love the good ship of Grace that has borne me thus far on
my way to the Fair Havens."
R. A. Torrey
