God does not expect us to do everything ourselves. Indeed, He already knows that no matter how hard we try, we will fail. But that is what is so beautiful, so freeing about being a Christian. Our righteousness and salvation does not come from our works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:9). But rather, it comes from Christ alone.
We don't have to stress about being a Christian superhero, able to leap tall expectations in a single bound. Daily Bible reading, prayer, going to church, tithing, volunteering....all of it is worthless unless God is in it.
Some people find that rather depressing. "If nothing I do matters," they say, "what's the point of even trying??" But the wonderful thing is that when God rules our lives, when He is our righteousness, all those things will flow out of us naturally, without us having to try. Now that's a life worth living.
We don't have to stress about being a Christian superhero, able to leap tall expectations in a single bound. Daily Bible reading, prayer, going to church, tithing, volunteering....all of it is worthless unless God is in it.
Some people find that rather depressing. "If nothing I do matters," they say, "what's the point of even trying??" But the wonderful thing is that when God rules our lives, when He is our righteousness, all those things will flow out of us naturally, without us having to try. Now that's a life worth living.
Romans 9:30-32
30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
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