Tag: Holiness

Following Jesus Christ comes with a great cost.  But, more importantly, it comes with a great reward.  Maintaining the image that the world finds acceptable leads to the forfeiting of our eternal standing with God.  The values of the world and things we are directed to chase and endure are incompatible with the richness of following Christ.  In the end, we all have the same choice to make; which will we follow?  Will we choose to follow the ambitious path of being acceptable to the world, or will we choose to rest at the feet of Jesus, knowing full well our faith and hope is in Him for all eternity?

The best I am able to bring in my approach of God is not enough.  The standard of God is perfection.  Thinking we are able to meet the standard of perfection without the help of God attempts to bypass the cross.  When standing on merit of what we do, our works can only be viewed as filthy rags, unfit to stand before the presence of God.  Yet the message of the Gospel and of Jesus Christ seems to stand in contradiction.  We are invited to approach the throne room of God with confidence.  We are called into deeper and meaningful relationship with our creator and maker.  We are more than even our best because of Christ who goes before us and redeems us.  Our response is nothing less than full devotion to God.