Pathways To Life

We are studying the book of Galatians.  It is a book designed to help us understand how to live by Grace and not Works.  As I look back on my posting for Divine Expectations, it is no wonder that we often fall back to legalism.  It is so much easier to "do" for God, than it is to "know" him.  However a true life of freedom flows from "knowing" Him and learning to live by faith.  I have been reading The Message translation lately.  In Galatians 3, it says to trust Christ, not the law.  A couple of things that really stood out in that chapter are:

1. God is working things in your life that you could never do for yourself.
2. Does He do this because of your goodness or because you believe Him?
3. The person who believes God, is set right by God -- and that's the real life.
4. The person who lives in right relationship with God does it by embracing what God arranges for him.
5. Doing things for God is the opposite of entering into what God does for you (interesting don't you think) ?

There is a lot of life in understanding the above statements.  I think there is freedom and rest from our striving.  But for the person who argues against grace and for "legalism/works", they say God is holy, you must follow the law!  Yes, but the statements above show us that God is our only hope of living for him and being made holy.  That kind of life only comes out of the overflow of "knowing" God and entering into what God does for you.  Maybe that is why we fail so often when we try to "do" for God.  Just a thought!

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