Brownie Points

Galatians 3:6-14

I remember in primary school I used to do try to score points with my french teacher and I actually got pretty good at it. Good at scoring points that is, not at french. That kind of sums up what I got from this Brad's message last week. I know that for me sometimes I'll sin and then try to do something to make up for it...as if that would actually make a difference. I think that because nothing in this world is free, that there is always something attached, we fail to fully grasp what it means to know that God gives us righteousness for FREE. All we have to do is accept this. We can't gain it because there is nothing we can give God that He needs, so it is impossible to earn it. It is pointless trying to score brownie points with God because it doesn't make a difference, He won't love you any more or any less.

I would say that we should just sit back, think about what God has done for us, what He has given us and just be secure in Him. Just enjoy God, delight in Him and stop trying to get to Him because He will come to you, just where you are. Be still and know that He is God, only then can you understand what He values, what He wants and how we should respond to His love.

~Sck