Author, Simon.
Published, April 17, 2009.

Reflecting on the reality of the Easter week, and the remarkably great and marvelous reality of Easter Sunday, I am moved by what God has done through Jesus Christ. I wish I was moved more, really. John Piper, at Desiring God, wrote a great article (10 years ago, now) reflecting on how “The greatest thing in the world is to be saved.”

It really is:

O, how we love being saved after we have just come close to being killed. Perhaps by a powerful ocean undertow. Or getting a finger caught in the drain at the bottom of a swimming pool (yes, filled with water!). Or almost walking out in front of a car which you did not see that speeds by just three feet from you at 40 miles-an-hour, but your wife’s voice caught you in the split second before stepping into death…So it is when you taste the preciousness of being saved from sin. Not just the words. Not just a fact learned from the Bible, but really feeling that you are justly damned and hopelessly lost and cut off from God and life and joy. Then to learn that God has made a way. That he will forgive you…

Read the article. It’s a good’un.