Now That Is One Cancellation to Get Excited About!

Due to this past weekend's snow storm (the biggest snow storm ever to hit Lancaster County in the month of December!), I experienced four major cancellations of important activities (at least they were important to me). Although I was glad for some unexpected time to slow down and catch my breath (at what is always a busy time of year), I was still disappointed about the cancellations.

One cancellation that I am NOT disappointed about is referenced by the Apostle Paul in Colossians2:13-14. There he writes the following:

"When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross."

Wow! The Law of God which we have violated has been cancelled! And that is something to rejoice about because violating God's Law leads to the sentence of eternal condemnation (and we are ALL law breakers!). Now God did not cancel His Law and its judgment against us in some arbitrary manner. No, justice was served. Jesus Christ lived out His life in perfect submission to the Law of God. Therefore, when He experienced death on the cross, he was not paying the curse of the Law (see Galatians 3:13) for His own breaking of God's Law (for He had never done so). Rather he was fulfilling OUR just sentence. And because he did so - the penalty of the Law against us was fulfilled!

So ... the next time you experience a cancellation for whatever reason - allow that cancellation to remind you of the one cancellation that is most definitely worthy to get excited about - not just during this week of Christmas, but every week of the year!

Thanks for stopping by . . .

pj