"Untouchable"

"And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore."
(Psalms 106:31)

  As we all know, Jonah was not swallowed up by the sea. Oddly enough, verse 17 is not the end of the first chapter, but is the beginning of the second; just in case you were wondering. It is pretty much the same way with Jesus Christ, as amazing as it is to even think about; death had no victory over Him; quite the opposite, He was victorious over death! We have got to realize the power and the new chapter that was created in that, and it became a complete game-changer! That is our heritage, I hope you know; because He lives, so will we, and death will have no victory over us. It is a complete and total game-changer! Now, as to the point of what I was trying to say, anything that we do for Christ, when we are standing for Him, representing Him and His righteousness, it is forever. I really don't know how else to say this, but it's not about what we bring to the table; it's not about how good we are or how much we show off our ability to follow the law; it is about what Jesus Christ has done that we are all about, it is His banner that we waive, not our own. I hope we totally understand that, because it too makes sharing the Good News a total game-changer. What gives us the right to declare the free gift that we have been given, it is the fact that we have been given it, and our response to what we have been given. Did Jonah expect to live after being thrown overboard? I am willing to bet that he really was not all that concerned about it, because he had a relationship with God. That is really a pretty serious difference, whether we have a relationship or rather we don't. If we have a relationship with God, then we know in our hearts that it does not really matter what we do, He is always going to find a way to use our lives, even when we might not want to be used. But better than that, when we do want Him to use our lives, we become untouchable and so do the things that we do...

"Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume over his head. Some of those at the table were indignant. "Why waste such expensive perfume?" they asked. "It could have been sold for a year's wages and the money given to the poor!" So they scolded her harshly. But Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. Why criticize her for doing such a good thing to me? You will always have the poor among you, and you can help them whenever you want to. But you will not always have me. She has done what she could and has anointed my body for burial ahead of time. I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman's deed will be remembered and discussed." (Mark 14:3-9) NLT