How one person can affect so many

Last weekend an over height truck carrying an excavator plunged into the entrance of the M5 motorway tunnel near Bexley. The driver ignored the flashing signs triggered by lasers. The M5 East was closed for most of the weekend creating havoc for thousands of people. I was one of them, being stuck in traffic three times over the weekend because of this accident. How the actions of just one person can affect thousands of others in a city like Sydney.

"No man is an island". We are interconnected. Some people justify their selfish behaviour by saying "I can do what I want as long as it doesn't affect others". That's fine but it's often not as simple as that. I can't always see what the affects of my actions will be, in the present and the future. Even our secret sins affect relationships with those around us.

There's a part of the Bible which speaks of our inter connectedness. It's in Romans 5:12-21. It basically says: there are two men whose actions have affected the futures of every other human being - Adam and Jesus Christ. Adam's action caused sin, death and God's judgement to enter the world. Jesus action bought justification (forgiveness) before God and eternal life.

We don't have a choice about suffering the consequences of Adam's actions .... in our humanity we are connected to him. We are born into it. But we do have a choice of whether to receive the benefits of what Christ did for us. Get connected to Christ today!