Beautiful...

The riches of the glorious Gospel...

"In the same way that Adam was our representative in the garden, so Christ was our representative on the cross. He bore the full brunt of God's justice that we should have borne. He received the full punishment that we should have received. As the scripture says ' He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him and by his wounds we are healed.' (Isaiah 53:5) .........As believers we must steadily keep in mind that Christ has satisfied the justice of God on our behalf " -The Gospel for Real Life, Jerry Bridges

I think that too often I have forgotten that God is pleased by me not because of anything that I have done but because of what Christ has done, and the trials in life that I face as a believer never come because God is "out to get me."