Christian writer and commentator Warren Wiersbe, tells about a town where a horse bolted and ran away with a wagon carrying a little boy. Seeing the child in danger, a young man risked his life to catch the horse and stop the wagon. The child who was saved grew up to become a lawless man, and one day he stood before a judge to be sentenced for a serious crime. The prisoner recognized the judge as the man who, years before had saved his life; so he pled for mercy on the basis of that experience. But the words from the bench silenced his plea: "Young man, then I was your savior; today I am your judge, and I must sentence you to be hanged." One day Jesus Christ will say to rebellious sinners, "During that long day of grace, I was the Savior, and I would have forgiven you. But today I am your Judge."
What are we saved for? Paul in Romans 6 made it clear that we are not saved so that grace can abound. However grace has a huge role in guiding our path with Jesus. A life that is saved from this world is not one that should be thrown back into it because of greed, selfishness, or desire. We are set free from sin by grace so that we can live lives free from the sinfulness of this world. Therefore by the grace of God we desire to draw closer to God rather than be independent of Him. His grace inspires us to be righteous like Him rather than evil like this world. Therefore it is my hope that one day our judge and savior will look at each one of us and say “you did not discard grace, but rather you grew from it each day to be closer to ME.”
