Who's account is it anyway?

How much is too much and how far is too far? I suppose those are age old questions. When it relates to us personally we have a tendency to draw some very definite lines. Sometimes we get pushed and shoved around until we throw up our hands and say "enough!"
Having recently learned (well maybe not completely), some lessons about deposits to and withdrawals from our personal accounts (not $'s in banks located in the town where we live, but our emotional banks), I'm fearful that for the most part I am overdrawn and in some cases on the verge of bankruptcy. Those words can relate to our account from which others withdraw or to the accounts of others from which we withdraw.

I am thankful that God's bank is never empty, even though there are times I'm sure He could say to me "enough!, you haven't made enough deposits to cover your withdrawals and your account is overdrawn." But instead, "Out of His infinite riches in Jesus, He giveth and giveth and giveth again."

He could have said "enough" when my sin debt became so great that it would have tested anyone elses love and patience, instead, "He bore my sin in His own body on the cross."

He could have said "enough" when my sin drove nails in His flesh and peirced His side; He could have called legions of angels to His rescue, instead He said, "It is finished!" and He died alone for you and ME.

Transaction completed! (An accounting term meaning... reconciled.)

So the next time we want to throw our hands up and say "enough"...or ask "how much is too much", or "how far is too far"...remember that "we owed a debt we could not pay and He paid a debt He did not owe" and that's called GRACE.

"Freely you have received, freely give." Matthew 10:8