What Can I Do?

In early November I wrote a post about my struggle with feelings of inadequacy. These feelings were based on my inability to live up to others' expectations of me and even those that I had placed on myself. But, what about God? What does He expect of me? What can I do to be good enough for Him?

The simple answer is...nothing. There is nothing we can do that will make us good enough for God. Isn't that wonderful? He loves us, seeks us and calls out to us, despite our brokenness. Maybe, even because of it.

So, why do anything? We should do, not because it gets us in better favor with God, but because we love Him and we want to share that love with others.

"Good works should come from our thankfulness for salvation and love for Jesus, 
not as a way to get around what He did for us." She Reads Truth

As I read through the book of Genesis last month, as part of my one year plan to read the entire Bible, I was amazed at the story of Noah. How incredible that God had found enough favor with him to spare his entire family, despite destroying the remainder the world. 

My insecurities led me to this question, "Would God find enough favor with me, as He did with Noah, to spare me and my family from destruction?" Then, I thought...He did spare me. He sent His son to die in my place. Now, that's true love.

... I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ...

SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE:  FAITH

God's love comes without conditions. There is nothing I could ever do to earn it. Likewise, once I have accepted it, there is nothing I could ever do to lose it.

To some this may be scary, or even unbelievable. To me, someone who is always trying to properly meet every expectation, my own or otherwise, this is a relief.

Rest in that today. Accept it. Bask in the knowledge that in God's love, power, and perfect grace, you are good enough...without doing anything.