YOU DON’T NEED AN EXPERIENCE (YOU NEED JESUS)
You don’t need an experience; you need Jesus. So often, we search for a feeling, a surge of emotion we can cling to, as if our salvation depended on what we sense rather than what He has done. We look for thunder in the heavens or a warmth in our chest, thinking that if it’s not there, somehow we’re lacking. But the truth is far steadier than our fickle emotions. The solid ground beneath your feet is not the shifting tide of your experience—it is the finished work of Christ on the cross. Nothing you feel or don’t feel can add to it or take from it.
Salvation is not contingent on a momentary sensation. You do not have to climb the mountain of your feelings, wait for some miraculous stirring in your heart, or dance on the shore of subjectivity. Christ’s blood has spoken a better word than any experience ever could. The Bible reminds us that if we confess with our mouth and believe in our heart that Jesus is Lord, we are saved (Romans 10:9). This is not a mystical formula; it is a promise rooted in history, as real as the empty tomb and the nail-scarred hands of the risen Savior.
Faith is the key. Faith is simply trusting that what Jesus did on your behalf is enough—fully, entirely, eternally enough. It is looking at the cross and saying, “It is finished” for me, even if my heart wavers, even if my emotions fail. The Bible says that the just shall live by faith (Habakkuk 2:4), not by how they feel, not by the visions they chase, not by a momentary glow. Faith connects you to Christ immediately. It is the bridge over which the river of grace flows, straight into your soul, securing your salvation here and now.
So let your soul rest. Stop seeking the signs, stop waiting for your heart to catch up. Jesus has done it all. Look to Him. Trust Him. Believe with your whole heart. The moment you do, you are saved—not because of what happens in your experience, but because of what happened for you two thousand years ago. Nothing more is required. Nothing can add to it. Nothing can take it away. You are in the hands of the One who cannot fail, and there is your peace.
Lord Jesus, I thank You that my salvation does not depend on what I feel but on what You have done. Help me to trust fully in Your finished work, to rest on the solid ground of Your promises, and to walk in the assurance of Your love. Strengthen my faith when my heart wavers, and keep me anchored in You alone. Amen.
BDD
