Rebel to Redeemed

Just a short post of my thoughts that I wrote down one late night:

Of what do I have to boast besides the gift of God, Jesus, who lived the perfect life and died for me, an imperfect rebel against God. What good do my righteous acts bring when God's Word says they are like rags in light of God’s holiness. But, I may boast in this, that although I have nothing in myself, in Jesus I have everything. Not just because Christ lived the perfect life, not just because He was stabbed in His side, not EVEN because He was hung on a tree. I am saved because Jesus took the full wrath of God onto Himself--for me. The very death and wrath I deserved was laid upon the precious shoulders of Jesus. What greater love is there than the God who bled and died for me? I can boast not in what I have done, for I am a sinner of the chief end. But I can boast in Jesus Christ who loved me and gave Himself for me. Oh foolish pride, where are you now? For even THIS understanding is not of my own doing. Even THIS understanding was granted to me by the grace of God. I mean it when I say, without Christ I am nothing more than a helpless, wretched, rebellious, sinner. But because of Christ I am held, loved, and redeemed.