To every deed its due

Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Everything has its pay day. It doesn't not matter how long an act goes unrewarded or punished; as long as the Righteous, Holy God is on the throne, every deed will get its due, whether good or bad.

The good thing is that God tells us beforehand, what we will get if we are in certain situations. There are only 2 situations: you are either working for the wages of sin, or you are walking in the grace of eternal life. Watch the words: working and walking. The nature of sin was born in us after the fall in the garden of Eden, and since then, an independence from God was born in us. We now strive to do things by our power, in our strength and by our wisdom. We push God away, thinking we don't need him; we strive, working hard to attain what has already been secured, but not getting it because you can't work hard for it; you can only walk in it by faith. The end of this nature,this striving, this human effort is death.

God gives another option: trust in the finished work of Christ on Calvary. The price for our new life was paid for us by Christ. We were to be punished; someone had to be punished, the law had to take its course, but Christ knew that we didn't have what it took to pay fully; we would have to keep paying until our lives dropped. He came and paid the price once and for all, so that we could enjoy the benefits and blessings of his finished work. He had made it free and all we can do is believe. Christ is both the price that was paid and the channel through which life comes, eternal life is the prize and ANYONE who receives him enjoys these blessings.

Have you received him? Does his finished work have a place in your heart? Is his free gift of life at work in you? Easter is here, his free gift of life is here. His time of favour is here.