Revelation 5:9-10 ‘..for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.’

DAILY READING – 2 Corinthians 11; 2 Kings 25; Habakkuk 2

The amazing true life story of John Griffith, has been published severally. In 2003, a movie based on it was released, titled ‘the Bridge’.
John Griffith was a bridge operator, who worked in Mississippi in 1937. One day he brought his eight year old son along with him to work. When it was time for him to bring down the Bridge, he instructed his son to “Stay put,” and then he quickly ran to the steer ladder leading into the control house.
Unknown to him, his son had closely followed him behind. As John got ready to pull the lever, he looked down beneath the bridge to make certain nothing was below. However, to his greatest shock he found his son lying unconscious, wedged between the teeth of two main cogs in the gear box. It was then, he realized his son must have followed him, only to accidentally fall into the hole housing the gear box.
John knew lowering the bridge would mean killing his son. But at the same time he could hear the shriek of the oncoming train. If he didn’t lower the bridge in a few minutes, then the train would fall into the river, killing its 400 passengers.
It was a most painful decision! But there seemed to be no other way! The train was now coming at full speed! And so, burying his face under his left arm, John plunged down the lever. The cries of his son were quickly drowned out by the sound of the bridge as it ground into position. With only seconds to spare, the Memphis Express—with its 400 passengers sped across the bridge.
John Griffith lifted his tear-stained face and looked into the windows of the passing train. Many of the passengers seemed to be engaged in idle conversation or careless laughter. No one even looked his way. In anguish he pounded the glass in the control room. He cried out “What’s the matter with you people? Don’t you know I’ve sacrificed my son for you?
No one answered. No one heard. Not one of them seemed to care, as the train sped out of sight.
The true story of John Griffith has often been used as illustration of the sacrifice God made in giving up His Son Jesus Christ to die for the world.
God made the sacrifice of His only Son, as a seed sown for the harvest of Christ-like sons, who would live and walk in dominion on the earth.
The question today is; are our lives reflecting this great sacrifice God made for us? Or like those 400 passengers on the Memphis express train, are we speeding through life, preoccupied with worldly mundane things? it would pain The Father to know that He gave up so much and gave us so much and yet we are giving back so little.
In God’s plan, redemption is not a mere religious experience; It is living and walking like Christ on the earth. It is a spiritual transformation of humanity into divinity.. This is what God paid such a great price to purchase.
We therefore cannot continue to live in mediocrity and defeat. This does not reflect the cost of the cross. As heirs of the Kingdom of God, we are redeemed to be kings and to reign on the earth (Revelation 5:9-10).
And to actualize our great destiny we need to know who we are in Christ. Our depth of understanding will determine our level of authority on earth. However, we can only gain clarity of our picture through study of the Scriptures. Jesus didn’t die in vain, He died to raise a mighty army of sons of God on earth. Therefore as we celebrate this season of His resurrection let us realize that great responsibility is placed upon us. We must through living Christ-like on earth, reflect the great price Jesus paid at the cross for us.

PRAYER; Father, I thank You for sending Jesus to die for me, to enable me live in dominion and power. By Your grace I shall no longer live in defeat. Rather my life will begin to reflect the victory Christ won for me at the cross in Jesus Name.

QUOTE

The study of The Word will keep shame and disgrace far from you.