How do I make the cross personal instead of just theological? That is the question. If Jesus, by his cross, accomplished so much for me, how do I make it all mine?
The answer is so simple that most people reject it. Your Inner Mess will object: 'It's too good to be true. It's too easy. It makes us morally lax.'
The way to make Jesus personal is just to say Yes. God is offering you a gift. He's waiting for you to say 'Yes'. Yes to grace, the cross, forgiveness, acceptance, adoption, a new start in life. Yes to resting on the finished work of Christ. And, most of all, yes to Jesus.
Saying yes is another way of expressing to God that you have placed your faith in Jesus.
If that sounds too easy, it is only because Jesus did all the heavy lifting.
From How to Keep Your Inner Mess from Trashing Your Outer World, by Bill Giovannetti
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