How Salvation Reflects God’s Character

The way that a rushing river flows over smooth rocks. The way grass sways with the way of the wind. The way the birds of the sky fly in such a graceful way. There’s something about all these things that just capture our mind in an overwhelming peace.

The one thing they all have in common is how God created them with His mighty hand. He formed nature and all its belongings with an ability to remind us of all the important messages God has for us. When we feel heavy-hearted, destroyed, weak, or simply not feeling like ourselves we just want to go outside and get some fresh air. To go catch a grasshopper, sing in the wind, or feel the grass beneath us. In our deepest despair, all we have to do is open our eyes and look out into the trees or admire the way an animal is wandering so carefree. God grants us this salvation that is full of endless love, allowing us to stop thinking of our past and start thinking about how with God’s salvation comes awesome freedom. We’re going to have days where it feels like it would be better off if we just had stayed under our warm blankets, but that’s the thing with God… He gives us the strength to get back up again. The ability to say, “Hey, tomorrow is a new day. The next hour holds a new perspective.” Salvation is healing from God that He has been trying to give us all along. Salvation is God reminding us that He is saving us with the same hand that He created us with. Salvation is freedom. Salvation isn’t something we have to fight for, it’s something God freely gives us if we ask Him to. Continuously pursue God’s heart and He will hold your heart. You know how we give our hearts to people and have to trust them to not break it? Well, with God, you don’t have to worry about Him breaking it. God heals your heart from the people that have broken it. The things that have broken it. This world who will continue to break it. Something that we all question at some point is why God would forgive sinners like us. I mean, why would somebody get beaten, spat on, and hung to a cross by nails to be able to save people like us? Because of His character, His love for all mankind. God despises all sin, but He doesn’t despise His people. God’s character is the definition of the fruits of the Spirit; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control… God is all of that and more. Any and every moment is a moment to pray for God to surround you with all you need and save you from your sinful nature, replacing it with His overflowing freedom. Not only that, God has invited us to be more like HIm. God calls us to thrive in having the same mentality of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Whether you just recently accepted Christ into your life or if you’ve been an active Christian for many years, we could all do with a little more of the fruits of the Spirit.