One morning a little girl dressed in spotless white with a lovely bouquet of flowers in her hands passed by a boy who was playing in the dusty street. The sight of this pretty girl stirred the spirit of mischief in the boy’s heart. In no time a handful of dirt struck the clean white dress and spattered on her shining shoes.
The girl stopped still. Her face flushed pink. Her lips trembled as if she would cry, but instead, a smile broke on her face. Taking a flower from her bouquet, she handed it to the boy, who stood waiting to see what she was going to do.
A more surprised boy no one ever saw or one more heartily ashamed! He hung his head and his cheeks reddened under the tan and freckles. His unkind fun was quite spoiled because in return for a handful of dirt someone had handed him a flower. He gave her dirt; she gave him a glorious little flower.
When God sent His Son to this earth, all Jesus did was love people, heal people and feed them. How did we repay Him? We yelled, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Instead of sending 10,000 angels to free Him, God simply allowed His Son to fall into the hands of sinful man. God knew that to save this world of sinners it would require a perfect sacrifice and that would have to be His Son. We gave God dirt; He gave us His glorious Son.
So now we have this great salvation given to us by a loving God, by the free gift of His Son. Yet many today still throw dirt at Jesus. They curse Him still. They still say, “Crucify Him” by their rejection of Him. Most don’t want anything to do with Jesus. Even his name is dirt to them.
How does God react? 1 Peter 3:9: “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Oh the depth and height of the mercy of our loving and patient God!
Even those who claim to know Him are throwing dirt at Him today. We go through the motions of living the Christian life. We don’t read our Bibles to allow our loving Lord to speak to us. We neglect to pray and talk to the one who yearns to hear from us. We don’t go to church to worship to know that God is with us. We never tell anyone about Him and the salvation He has provided for us. Christians today have the 11th commandment: We will make no sacrifice in our lives for Jesus! Isn’t that throwing dirt on Him?
Despite all of this He loves us still. Here I must quote the greatest Bible verse of all time, John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” We gave Jesus dirt; He gave us His glorious Son!
One day all will praise Him and give glory to His name. Then He will get what He deserves and those who have rejected the King of Kings and Lord of Lords will get what they deserve. The question for you is, are you going to give Jesus dirt or glory?
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