Key Verse: “If
someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have
more: (Acts 3:4b NIV)”
Paul did everything right. He had all his religious
boxed checked all his moral I’s dotted and character T’s crossed. If it was
something that was expected of a deeply religious person of his day, he did it.
And he took pride in doing it right. It is easy to turn our Christian life into
a “to do list”, a series of goals to be obtained; devotions – check; prayer
time – done. As if living life as Christ is calling us to live is something we can
be proud of accomplishing, like being a good piano player or having read Moby
Dick from cover to cover. What we are doing as Christians is living in relationship
with God of the universe; a relationship built on love not having done certain things.
And like all relationships simply by being in the relationship we are
transformed by the experience, not out of obligation or in an attempt accomplish
something but because living in relationship changes who we are. Paul reminds
us here that we are living in a relationship with the God of universe, not merely
living up to a “to do list”.
Prayer:
Lord, God help me to
be live in relationship with you, a relationship that changes who I am bit, by
bit as continue to live in it. Help me to never see life in Christ as a to do
list to get done, or accomplishments of which I can be proud. Being the person
I am when I am in relationship with you, is not something I can call my own, to
laud like a skill I have gained. Help me to simply live in love with you and
loved by you and allow that love to transform me daily. Amen
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