“At just the right time…” (Rom 5:6)

Even with our best efforts each generation passes on to its successor a human basis of every relationship: conditional love. Without words, the “teaching” hopelessly is transferred onward upon its continuum: “If something I like about me is evoked within me by you, I will invest myself in you, reward and love you.”

Over and against this, God comes. He waits until JUST the right time to stand in stark contrast. “At just the right time while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” “At just the right time when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.” (Rom 5:8,6)

Why is that the right time?

To present the widest gap, and presenting the gap, to demonstrate the expanse of God’s love. Where God moves, it seems He delights in bridging gaps. Our God is a God who justifies the wicked (Rom 4:5), who gives live to the dead (Rom 4:17), and who calls into being things that don’t exist as if they did exist (Rom 4:17). He moves in the arena where we find ourselves NOT in control. To the wicked, He justifies. To the dead, He gives life. To the powerless, He saves. This is the faith of the Gospel.

So, for our sakes, there was a gap, and at just the right time God filled it, We can always look back: “WHILE we were STILL sinners, Christ died for us.” (Rom 5:8_

Thank you, Lord, for Your timing!