"He only is my rock and salvation." Psalm 62:2

"In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God." Psalms 62:7

"The Lord is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation." Psalm 118:14

"As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him." 2 Samuel 22:31

"if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” Romans 10:9-11

God is my salvation. What other way is there to put it? He not only redeems me from eternity in Hell, but also from a life separated from Him. I am saved from ever being alone. I believe what the Word says- that His word is perfect and proven- and since His word is perfect and proven, I believe that He sent his Son to die on a cross for my sins, so that the eternal separation between God and mankind could be breached and overcome.

A verse I love is read in Mark, at Jesus's death. "The veil of the temple was torn from top to bottom. So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, 'Truly this man was the Son of God!" (Mark 15:38-39). The veil it is referring to is the veil in the temple of God that separated the main area from the Holy of Holies, in which only a consecrated priest was allowed to enter, and only on special occasions. Anyone else who entered that sacred space would instantly die, so great is God's holiness and so deep is the unworthiness of man- man's sinful nature is too great to bear the holiness of God. That the veil tore the moment Jesus breathed His last is a beautiful visual that Jesus's death, at that very moment, tore that separation between God and the people He loved- that He had made a way for His people to approach Him and be in arelationship with Him that had never been possible, and still would not be possible without that sacrifice. So great is His love for us that He MADE A WAY for us to draw near to Him, at great cost to Himself! No longer do people have to sacrifice or consecrate their first-born to Him to atone for sins- He has sacrificed for us so that we no longer have to sacrifice anything but our hearts to Him.

Even more lovely is that that relationship is eternal. Once we accept Jesus's death on the cross, the sacrifice that ripped apart that separation between us and God, we eternally have a relationship with Him. While "eternal" is so hard for me to fathom, it is easier to understand- and desire- an eternity WITH Him than without!

Having children of my own, I can only imagine what it must feel like to lose a child- and to know that God made the devastating choice to lose one child to save millions more makes tears come to my eyes. I know that I am not strong enough to make such a sacrifice- my children are my life. How much must He love me to desire a relationship with me for eternity, enough to give up a child because it is the only way! And He loves you that much too. There is nothing you can do to earn that love, no good deeds or kind words or commitment or purposeful life to KEEP that love- only the recognition of His great sacrifice, and the humility that comes from truly repenting of the fact that it needed to be made in the first place. Simply asking for His forgiveness and fully accepting His sacrifice of His son's perfect life for you ensures your salvation- and your eternal relationship with the maker of the universe. Nothing more- that's what He has done for you.
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