I was thinking a few days ago how Paul notes salvation as being a reward of sorts for the amount of work that we are required to put into it since it is not always an easy thing. And how it's also referred to as a gift, specifically *NOT*(!) a debt.
I realized that theres a kind of layered truth at work here;
The gift is the cancelling of our debt to Him. We as people can and sometimes do accomplish good things, but without our many many layers of debt being cancelled, He would owe us nothing. Salvation is a gift first and foremost. It is not to be trampled on. It is secondarily a reward. That is also not to be trampled on lest we become the least in the Kingdom. (Matthew 5:19). We have so much to be thankful for. May I be continually recognizing ever more how wonderful His gift of righteousness truly is.
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