Stress Test Devotional May 4
May 04, 2024
2 Corinthians 8:9 | 9 For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might
become rich.
“That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin. “
John Calvin describes the marvelous exchange the hymn refers to. “This is the wonderful exchange which out of his measureless benevolence he has made with us; that becoming Son of Man with us, he had made us children of God with him; that by his descent to earth, he has prepared an ascent to heaven for us; that by taking on our mortality he has conferred immortality upon us; that by accepting our weakness, he has strengthened us by his power; that by receiving our poverty onto himself he has transferred his wealth to us; that taking the weight of our iniquity upon himself, which oppressed us, he has clothed us with his righteousness.”
(Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book IV, Chapter xvii, 2)
Make a list of what we give to Christ and then one of what we receive from him.
Gracious God,
Because of Jesus we are your children with a pathway to heaven. Once mortal we shall be immortal, sharing your power, inheriting your riches, infused with your righteousness. Alleluia!
Amen.
