Much Received
Volume 2, Day 213
Jeff, a 20 year old in our communi- ty, has been given more than he deserves. He had deliberately dropped a brick from a motorway bridge that went through the windscreen of a car driven by Vickie Prantle. It split open her face, put out her right eye, destroyed her teeth and was the cause of a long series of painful surgeries.
Jeff could have expected Vickie to have a vengeful attitude. But even as she awaited the paramedics, Vickie prayed for the grace to forgive him.
Later she asked the judge to give Jeff a second chance and he was sentenced to 90 days in a youth correction facility. “She gave me a gift,” he said, “and I’m going to take it to the fullest extent. I’m very thankful she was a Christian. If she wasn’t, I would still be locked up.”
If that troubled young man puts his faith in Jesus Christ, he will fully reward Vickie for her gift. But if not, his guilt will increase on the final judgement day. Jesus said, “For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required” (Luke 12:48). Jeff has been given much. But so have you and I. We who know Christ have received something much greater—the salvation and forgiveness that Jesus gives.
What will you do with His gift of grace?
Author
Herbert Vander Lugt
