Inspire Me!

By Pam Best

Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood. 1 Peter 1:2

God loves us; Christ, our High Priest, bore our sins and our infirmities; the Holy Spirit offers us His continuous enabling presence and power, not because we are good, but because we need love and acceptance in order to be good.

My Interpretation:

I really liked this thought because it serves as a wake up call to myself and others like me. The Bible says that there is no good thing in me. I don't even have the capacity in and of myself to be good. Any goodness that I do is attributed to God working through me. My blessings are given to me by the Father. He gives me grace and peace and love and sent Jesus, the Christ, to die in my place. Jesus laid down His life and covered all of my sins and shortcomings and taught me the way to eternal glory. And when He rose and acended to the right hand of the throne to reign, He didn't leave me comfortless. The Holy Spirit dwells among man and guides and comforts and shields...

All of this was done for you and for me. We didn't have to work for it or beg for it. We don't have to wonder about it. Out of His own goodness, God made provision for us. Without these provisions, we could never be good. Once again, we have turned things around. We have been inundated with the mindset that you have to give something in order to get something in return. Everything is contingent upon something else. But God doesn't work like that. He gave to us freely. In His infinite wisdom, He knew that His grace, love and understanding were required tools in our quest for goodness. God gave SO we could be good NOT BECAUSE we are good. When we understand this, we understand the real meaning of grace.

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