Love Rescue Me

Midweek Meditation                                                                                Read Galatians 5:1-6

Love rescue me, for without You there is no hope. Before You set foot inside my heart it lay chained to sin and death. Now, bought by blood, won by wounds, I’ve been ransomed, and the end is set, safe, sure. Sublime, serene, certain. Yet, here I am. Here I am.

The chains are broken and the door ajar, but some days I have trouble leaving the cell. Other days I just exchange one set of shackles for another. It is so easy to confuse who I am with who I was, who You are with who I caricature You to be. And I don’t understand what I do. Love rescue me.

Yes, You rescued me! I am freed from sin, freed from law, and saved to serve. Help me cling to Your grace, embrace the freedom You’ve given me, and release to You the burdens You’ve claimed from me.

Putting myself aside, for peace and people, and their salvation will You work in me?  Yes, I know You will do it. Remind me that this faith expressed through anything other than love is for the birds. Lord, let Your love continue to rescue me.

                                                      Jon Gerckens