15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. 20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord [Romans 5:12-21]

What an awesome reminder of God’s far-reaching gift to all of us.. The gift of righteousness through His only begotten son Jesus Christ. These verses remind us of one of the most outstanding characteristics of our righteousness – It is a gift! And no gift is earned (for we could never earn righteousness on our own accord, except through Jesus and the dear price he paid on the cross!)

I’m pretty certain a number of us are all too familiar with the chorus of Michael W. Smith’s Heart of Worship. It’s one of those songs that would always play on Sunday Morning as you woke up to go to church… and yet personally I had never really understood the words that came in at that part where they sang “I’ve made it”… it seemed it was always fuzzy, and perhaps you could have easily blamed it on the hugely popular radio cassettes of the time! But the truth is I just didn’t quite expect those words… “I’m sorry Lord, for the thing I’ve made it”

Looking back at those lyrics now opens my eyes to the depth that lay in that so simply yet elegantly arranged stanza. It’s the depth of a truth that constantly reminds us that this is all about God, and in no way about us. And yet so many times it’s when we have come into a place that we feel measures up to what we believe is our fulfillment, that we are quick to compliment ourselves – “I’ve made it!”

2 Corinthians 3:5 clearly shows how derailed a thought process this is when it says “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God” So just because I went over all those hurdles doesn’t mean I could or did jump that high. It’s simply a testimony of God working through me – and I pray that I will be completely selfless to give Him ALL the glory, coz it’s all about Him.

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Anyways, we were learning about negative entropy, when organizations or systems take in more inputs than necessary in order to offset entropy.. in simple words, like you eating in order to avoid dying (Also funny enough, the reason we naturally like fatty foods is fat is stored as energy in our bodies for lean periods) and we achieve negative entropy by changing to suit the new levels or energy needed for the changing environment. All this jargon just reminded me that the Blood of Jesus is the most powerful thing on earth, for it totally reverses entropy, it allows order from chaos, it gives life when there is none… and I see myself now on the path to negative entropy, perfectly negative entropy as I walk with the LORD… Anyway, it just amazed me how science and physics so reminded me of the awesomeness of God… Oh, and I’ll need this energy for my guitar practice.. those scales are just going to lead to my causing entropy on the guitar…

Having become Human, He stayed human
It was an incredibly humbling process
He didn’t claim any special privileges
Instead, He lived a selfless obedient life
And he suffered a selfless obedient death
And the worst death at that
A crucifixion

Because of that obedience God lifted Him high
And honored him far above anyone or anything ever
So all created beings in the heavens or the earth
Even those long ago dead and buried
Would bow in worship before this Jesus Christ
And cry out in praise that He is the master of all
To the glorious honor of God the father

This is our God

Philippians 2.5-11