Living in a country with various extreme weather conditions, I don’t think I would like to wake up every morning and go through the different weather conditions to work and expect no wage. No! Imagine walking through a snowstorm with a temperature of about -20 Degree Celsius and not getting any salary. No one wants to be exploited whether in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Oceania or Europe. Every worker deserves a pay that is good! Bringing this real-life scenario helps us understand the importance of getting what you deserve. Similarly, when we live our lives in sin, it also comes with a payment. In Romans 6:23 we are told that the wages (payment/salary) for living a sinful life is death. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(Romans 6:23) This wage seems so unfair. After all, it is our lives and we can live how we choose to live. No way! If we create a product and design a manual of use, anytime the product works contrary to its design, we know that there is a failure somewhere. We try to fix this issue the best way we can. No man is an island and no man stands as a unique entity. That is the reason world organisations and nations put sanctions on individuals and countries that misbehave even in their own territories. We are connected. If sin is payable by death, then what is the opposite of living right? Contrary to the wage given by sin, eternal life is a gift of God. It is not our wage. This implies that naturally, we are undeserving of it but God gives us eternal life as a gift. Is this a gift for everyone? The gift is for everyone but only those who come to Christ and live a Christlike life have this gift. This gift is accessible only through Jesus Christ. In other words, you cannot have eternal life without passing through Jesus. From the words of Jesus, we know that He is the way, the truth and the life and no one goes to the Father without passing through Jesus (John 14:16). As children of God, we have been presented with this gift and the choice is ours; whether we will go for the wages of our sinful nature or we will enjoy the gift of life. Eternal life is in Christ Jesus alone (John 6:51; John 11:25) and not in any act of the flesh. We have been presented with a wage that leads to death and a gift that leads to life. The decision we make now will determine our eternal home. We have been presented with life and death (Deuteronomy 30:15) but for us, let us choose to serve the Lord. We don’t want to work all our lives for a wage that leads to death but rather live for the gift that leads to eternal life.
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