Today I was overwhelmed with amazement at how God takes everything we read and uses it to aid in explaining whatever He is teaching me!!
I have missed a couple of weeks of The Disciplines of Grace study in our small group due to work. I decided not to skip to the chapter they are on, but pick back up where I left off reading and catch up. I skimmed the first chapter until I came to parts I didn't remember well. And here is the point where I realized that I know I read this, but it didn't mean as much too me then as it does now because of all the things the Lord has been teaching me!!! Only God, only His Word!!!
Bridges says, "It is only the joy of hearing the gospel and being reminded that our sins are forgiven in Christ that will keep the demands of discipleship from becoming drudgery.
It is only gratitude and love to God that comes from knowing the He no longer counts our sins against us (Romans 4:8) that provides the proper motive for responding to the claims of discipleship."
But, we tend to swing from one extreme (being proud of our accomplishments like the Pharisees) to the other (constant feelings of guilt).
"When we pray to God for His blessing, He does not examine our performance to see if we are worthy. Rather, He looks to see if we are trusting in the merit of His Son as our only hope for securing His blessing."
All of this points to my need to be in His word and in prayer and listening to the Holy Spirit. This is why I'm blogging scripture and prayers and plan to do this all year. I need time with him. I need accountability!
Philippians 3:9, I want to be “found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith.”
"We look to God, not as our enemy or as a frustrated father who can never be pleased, but as our Father who is 100% for us because of Christ alone. Therefore, we trust him, that because of Christ (his death and righteousness), he will give us the Spirit—and everything else we need. " John Piper
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