Saturday, September 15, 2018

Everything that we are dealing with in life is from the hand of God. If it were not then some of us would have something to boast about, being confident in our ability to get something accomplished that others seem to struggle with all of their lives. The voice of condemnation comes from the religious and the self righteous and not from the children and the bums and prisoners. God promises to be the under girder of the helpless, lonely and the fatherless. It is not in our own ability that this is accomplished. But it is strictly because He is gracious. If we could do a righteous act in ourselves then we could be proud of our ability to be better than everyone else. But God convinces us that it is He alone that is good, He alone that deserves the praise, and that everything we accomplish is done because of His grace. We are convinced of this not because of our doing anything good, but because His Spirit by regeneration reveals this principle of inability. When we look back at our works we praise God for His teaching us, his enabling us and His giving us the grace for doing good. We are like the people who run a marathon. At the end of the race when we cross the line, awaiting us is a Father who is always gracious, always forgiving, always encouraging and always ready to give us strength for the next race. If our Father was waiting for us always preaching condemnation, responsibility , and repentance then we would slack in running the race. But believers who live in Gods house are always strengthen in the race by what awaits them at the finish line. Thats why we win all the time.

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