The way home - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2024

For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Romans 5:10

The way home
In Glasgow, Scotland, a little boy got lost. He felt quite helpless and burst into tears. A policeman saw him, approached him kindly and asked why he was crying. “I am lost,” sobbed the boy.

“Please take me to the cross. From there I can find my way home.” The boy meant the crossroads in the city called Glasgow Cross.

This incident illustrates what happens to the one who takes refuge in the cross of Jesus. From there he can find the way to God, the way home. The cross of Calvary offers direction to the lost. There we can get to know God as He is: just, ready to forgive, and full of love. And it is only through the cross that we can come into communion with God.

On the cross, Jesus gave His life as an atoning sacrifice for sins. And ‘coming to the cross‘ the sinner who repents and turns to God, believing in the Lord Jesus, is freed from the burden of his sins and is reconciled to God. There the soul finds peace and comes into rest. What do we have to do to have this experience? Similar to the little boy, it is necessary to admit that we are helpless and lost and in need of salvation. We may turn to God in prayer in very simple words. Then we tell Him how much we have lost our way through disobedience and self-will and take advantage of His heartfelt mercy.

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame,
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
George Bennard (1873–1958)

Today’s reading: 2 Kings 13:10-25 · 1 John 1:5-10