How Ten Million Dollars Could Fail to Change Your Life

“Go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.”Mark 16:7Mark ends his Gospel with an invitation for the disciples to meet Jesus in Galilee. This invitation is for you, not to meet Christ in Galilee, but to come to Him by faith. Notice, there is something for you to do.Imagine a family living in poverty. They have no money. They sleep in a shack with a leaky roof and scavenge for food. The childrens’ clothes are in tatters. Then a distant uncle dies, leaving them ten million pounds. That’s good news, but the ten million pounds will not change their lives.It’s what the ten million pounds can do that will change their lives: It can buy them a new home and a new wardrobe for the children, and it can provide a lifetime’s supply of the finest foods.But suppose the ten million pounds remained in the bank and was never used. That would be a tragedy! The family must go to the bank and draw on what has been given to them. They must use the money for the purpose it was given—to change their lives, and the lives of others.Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose to bring us into everlasting life. He offers forgiveness and new life by the power of His Holy Spirit. This is good news. But it’s an unfinished story.Draw on all that Christ has accomplished for you, all that Christ offers to you. Come to Him and receive from Him. Use to the full all the grace that streams to you from His death and resurrection, for your everlasting joy, for the good of others, and for His glory.Are you drawing on all that Christ accomplished for you?