A God of Exactness.
I love how God gives us always… exactly what we need exactly in the moment we need it. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately, and I went before Him today with tears already filling my eyes. When I got to my Bible study book today, Beth Moore had written “This lesson is one I begin with tears stinging my eyes.” My heart just sank. I knew I was about to get a load, but then again such a burden taken off my shoulders also.
FAITH. Why is it that saving faith is typically simple? Then we get to the daily walk, and it gets scary? I read Romans 4 today, and I was sitting there with my head spinning. “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” We have one simple step in life—believe Him. He takes care of everything. It’s knowledge, but I want it to be lived out, daily truth in my life. Walking, moving faith. Our faith is what God credits as righteousness. This is monumental for me because I have such unrighteousness in my past. But I have to believe what He says about me now. I’ve asked that I might not ever forget my past for the sake of edifying the body of Christ hopefully through it, but I don’t want to ever dwell on it either. It’s finding a balance of realizing I am a sinner, being humble, but then seeing myself through Christ’s eyes. He definitely sees me completely different than I look at myself. Every day the Cross, whispers that to my soul. He takes my ashes and trades them for His beauty.
So it’s all about our hearts. Our faith. Not legalism. Not our acts of righteousness. Isaiah says they are like filthy rags. That’s why Christ has done a complete trade… taking on our unrighteous so we could be given His righteousness. 1Peter 1:7 says that our faith is worth more than gold. So it all comes down to faith. It’s been a major reoccurring theme since September, but God has definitely been bringing it to the forefront lately. I love how He says that He who started a good work in us… will finish it. So I know if He is dealing with me about my “present-active-participle” faith… He’s going to perfect and complete it.
FAITH. Why is it that saving faith is typically simple? Then we get to the daily walk, and it gets scary? I read Romans 4 today, and I was sitting there with my head spinning. “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” We have one simple step in life—believe Him. He takes care of everything. It’s knowledge, but I want it to be lived out, daily truth in my life. Walking, moving faith. Our faith is what God credits as righteousness. This is monumental for me because I have such unrighteousness in my past. But I have to believe what He says about me now. I’ve asked that I might not ever forget my past for the sake of edifying the body of Christ hopefully through it, but I don’t want to ever dwell on it either. It’s finding a balance of realizing I am a sinner, being humble, but then seeing myself through Christ’s eyes. He definitely sees me completely different than I look at myself. Every day the Cross, whispers that to my soul. He takes my ashes and trades them for His beauty.
So it’s all about our hearts. Our faith. Not legalism. Not our acts of righteousness. Isaiah says they are like filthy rags. That’s why Christ has done a complete trade… taking on our unrighteous so we could be given His righteousness. 1Peter 1:7 says that our faith is worth more than gold. So it all comes down to faith. It’s been a major reoccurring theme since September, but God has definitely been bringing it to the forefront lately. I love how He says that He who started a good work in us… will finish it. So I know if He is dealing with me about my “present-active-participle” faith… He’s going to perfect and complete it.
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