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Relentless Pursuit
Following is quoted from Billy Graham's grandson...
"God relentlessly pursues sinners in order to rescue them
is just as much for Christians as it is for non-Christians.
The gospel isn’t simply a set of truths that non-Christians must believe in order to become saved.
It’s a reality that Christians must daily embrace in order to experience being saved.
The gospel not only saves us from the penalty of sin (justification),
but it also saves us from the power of sin (sanctification) day after day.
Christians need the gospel because our hearts are always prone to wander;
we’re always tempted to run from God.
It takes the power of the gospel to direct us back to our first love.
My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our personal relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace. If we’ve performed well-whatever "well" is in our opinion- then we expect God to bless us. If we haven’t done so well, our expectations are reduced accordingly. In this sense, we live by works rather than by grace. We are saved by grace, but we are living by the "sweat" of our own performance. Moreover, we are always challenging ourselves and one another to "try harder." We seem to believe success in the Christian life (however we define success) is basically up to us: our commitment, our discipline, and our zeal, with some help from God along the way. We give lip service to the attitude of the apostle Paul, "But by the grace of God I am what I am" (1 Corinthians 15:10), but our unspoken motto is, "God helps those who help themselves." - Jerry Bridges
The realization that my daily relationship with God is based on the infinite merit of Christ
instead of on my own performance
is a very freeing and joyous experience.
The difference between living for God and living for anything else is that when we live for anything else we do so to gain acceptance,
but when we live for God we do so because we are already accepted.
Real freedom (the freedom that only the gospel grants) is living for something because we already have favor instead of living for something in order to gain favor."
Adapted from Tullian Tchividjian's upcoming book
Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,
to be released by Crossway Books on May 31, 2010.
I feel like I'm in a constant struggle to lay it all down.
Accept what Christ has done for me.
Allow Him to live His life in and through me.
And...enjoy the Christian life!
He DID say His yoke is easy and His burden is light.
By the grace of God I am what I am.