Batman or Peter

According to News of the Weird, in 1996, a man visiting Stockholm on business stood to inherit about a million dollars. Eduardo Perez had stopped off to pray at a Roman Catholic Church and signed the guest book of a man whose body lay there in a coffin. Perez was later notified that the deceased, real-estate developer Jens Stevenson, had died without heirs and had specified that "whoever prays for my soul gets all my belongings."

I don't know about you, but that's one of the strangest stories I've ever heard about someone inheriting something they didn't deserve. But then again, do we ever deserve what we inherit?

In Ephesians 2:8-9 we read, "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God--not the result of works, so that no one may boast."

Peter learned what Grace is all about. His guilt was wiped away forever. Batman on the other hand needed to hear what Paul writes in Romans 8:1-2: "There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us  free from the law of sin and death."

Who do you line up more with; Batman, driven by Guilt, or Peter, driven by Grace. My hope is that you have experienced the forgiving grace of God. And your life is lived in gratitude for what God has done for you through Christ and the Cross. If you haven't then it's not too late. It's never too late. Remember, God will never give up on you. Thank you God!

Thoughts to Ponder:

• Do you think we deserve what we inherit?

• Are you driven by guilt or by grace?

• Are you living in gratitude for what God has done for you?

In His Service,
Terry Phillips