In 2010,
auto manufacturers recalled a staggering 20 million cars in the US for various
defects. The thought of such a large number of defective cars on the road is
startling enough. But what is more disturbing is the apathy of some owners. In
one instance, the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety warned
owners, “It’s a free repair. Get it done. It may save your life.” Yet, despite
the risk to their own lives, 30 percent never responded.
Likewise,
many ignore God’s “recall notice” to the entire human race. Unlike a defect
found in automobiles, the moral defect of the human race is not the Maker’s
fault. He made everything “very good” (Gen. 1:31), but people’s sin ruined it.
God’s offer to us is “repent . . . that your sins may be blotted out” (Acts
3:19).
God
offers not just a free repair of the human heart but a replacement of it (Ezek.
36:26; 2 Cor. 5:17). Though the offer costs us nothing (Eph. 2:8-9), it cost
God the life of His only Son Jesus Christ. “[Jesus] bore our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by
whose stripes you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24).
Don’t
ignore the Lord’s call. The free and permanent remedy offered by God for your
spiritual defect will save your life!
For a new
start, ask God for a new heart. (RBC)
