Much of what we will find out about the Big Life that we now have in Christ would not have been possible without the substitutionary work of Jesus. The whole train of events that took place in the redemptive history was skillfully crafted by the masterstroke design of a loving Father, who orchestrated our big living with such intentionality, too beautiful to be set aside. It was before we were born that God had designed our lives to be interwoven with the price Jesus would pay so that once that price was paid, our new Big Life was now permitted to begin.

Who would have thought that it would be from the foundation of the world that the Lamb would be slain? Who would have imagined that this kind of surplus provision would be granted, long before humanity would even show up to discover that they would need it, or long before there was any guarantee that we would respond positively to the provision of God’s grace? It is like God to anticipate our need and meet it before we even get to ask.

When we chronicle the Big Life, it must include the swap, that is, the substitutionary work of Jesus on the cross. It is how Jesus took our place that made it possible for us to be joined together with Him. It is in taking our place that He took away all the realities that were consistent with the fall of Adam so that we can enjoy the beauties that are consistent with the life of God.

Join us as we consider The Chronicles of the Big Life as presented in The Swap.