Today is one of the most dreaded days of the year here in the U.S., Tax Day. If you were "owed" a refund then you probably filed your tax return weeks ago so you could get your money sooner. However, if you owe money you probably waited until just recently (maybe even today) to file your taxes, after all you don't want to give your money any sooner than you have to, right? That's my philosophy anyway.
Something you may not associate with Tax Day is that our debt has already been paid. Not our tax debt mind you, but rather something even more important. Almost 2000 years ago, Jesus died on the cross in our place. He didn't do anything to deserve death and he certainly didn't do anything to deserve having to take on God's wrath. He chose to do both.
We have racked up quite a bit of debt with our sin. But, unlike our tax debt, someone has paid off our sin debt because we never could by ourselves. There is no amount of extensions or deductions that could eliminate what we have earned from God and that is eternal separation from Him. Similarly, there is no amount of work or effort that allows us to earn Jesus' sacrifice for us.
While it would be nice to only have to pay taxes once and never have to again, that isn't our reality. Fortunately enough for us though, our sin debt has already been paid once and for all, all we need to do is accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and Follow Him!
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