Still Greater Than

23Apr09

I have been getting a lot out of our church’s recent series Greater Than (www.lifesbigequation.com). Over the last few weeks God has been reminding me of His grace and love for me.

So many times I try to fix myself. I see the weaknesses and flaws in my own walk and I can become discouraged and loaded down with guilt. I think sometimes I trust God for the big things but my pride and ignorance gets in the way of trusting Him with everything else.

I know that through Jesus I am saved, and there is nothing I can do to earn salvation, but I try to fix my laziness, my temper, my wrong attitude, etc myself. Instead of bringing it to the cross I try to correct it on my own.

It’s like a stomach- cancer patient trying to self medicate using Pepto Bysmoll.

Without taking my weakness and sin to Him I am doing nothing more than failing to keep the equivalent of a new years’s resolution. No amount of planning or positive thinking is going to change me.

It’s so exhausting carrying guilt. When you wake up in the morning it’s there and it even wakes you up in the middle of the night to remind you of it’s presence.

A friend once told me “religion is a crutch and I don’t need a crutch.”

I do. I need more than a crutch. I need to be carried because my own strength is useless. God’s grace and love is greater than religion. Greater than meaningless resolutions.

Some people view God as the angry dude on a throne ready to smite. God is love. He doesn’t just love. He is love. I’m not even sure if He likes the word smite.  He is the God of second chances. He is the God of 1,000,000,000 chances.

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.                                                              Romans 8:37  (English Standard Version)

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