Perceptions

I had the same thing happen to me twice in the same day this week. Both times I was focused on something and out of the corner of my eye I saw movement. What happened was I was sitting still in my car and the car beside me moved in a way to make me feel as is I was moving. The first time was at a stop light, the car beside me rolled back back a bit and I instantly perceived I was rolling out into the busy intersection. Even though I had my foot on the brake I pushed harder until my leg hurt from the pressure that I was applying The second time I had just backed into a parking stall and was sending an e mail from my blackberry. The car beside me back out of the parking stalls next to me. My first reaction was rather than putting my car in park, I had put in reverse and was going to hit the car behind me. To make mattes worse the driver was in the car behind me. I had seen them when I backed into the stall. I wouldn’t be able to leave a note apologizing with my phone number, I would have to face the music and apologize in person, and swap insurance information face to face. All because I hadn’t paid attention and put my car in park and had instead put it in reverse, how careless of me.

Of course none of that happened, I was doing it right, I did have my foot on the brake all the way, and I had put the car in park as you are supposed to do. I was reading my bible this week, and Paul was talking in 1 Corinthians 9 about becoming all things to all people, not to deceive or trick them into believing the gospel, rather to have relationship with them. There is a saying that was told to me when I first started in sales it was “People don’t care what you know, until they know you care”. Usually when someone is doing something for you, it’s so they can gain something out of the interaction. Paul was contrary to that he was doing everything to take himself and his ego out of the relationship. So that people wouldn’t perceive that he was only in it for the money or to gain something.

Christ sent his son down to earth to be crucified for our sins. God sent his son to earth so that we could have relationship with him. He doesn’t ask for us to pay a price for it. Romans 6:23 tells us “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God (his son) is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”

What is your perception of Gods gift?