Upon arriving at the designated meeting place my family and I received an over the top gift that simultaneously met a pressing need. It was one of those presents that you are at a loss for words as to how to express your appreciation. In moments like this all you can say is, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" As the words come out of your mouth you realize that human words do not do justice for such gospel generosity!
This real life story serves as a great illustration of 2 Corinthians 9:15 where Paul writes, "But thanks be to God for His indescribable gift." Other translations say, "But thanks be to God for His inexpressible, unspeakable, too wonderful for words" gift!
The greatest gift of gifts is the Lord Jesus Christ. "For God so loved the big bad world that He gave His one of a kind Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). The eternal Son left the glories of heaven to give His perfect life as a substitutionary sacrifice for sin (2 Cor. 5:21). In coming, living, dying, and rising again the Son of God met our greatest need (Romans 3-5). He paid off our debts. He satisfied the wrath of God (1 John 4:10). He brought us near again (Eph. 2:13).
Paul is not exaggerating when He labels this an "indescribable gift."
