We know God is good and faithful. We know we are not. We know that we should be doing more. We should pray more, have longer quiet times, memorize Scripture, take better care of our finances, spend more time with family, evangelize more, and in essence become perfect in every way. None of these things are bad. Nor are the things which we enjoy, inherently evil. Dancing, singing, drinking, eating, sleeping, etc. are not bad things which we can never do again.
Somehow, in the midst of all these ideas of what we can and can't do, we got trapped in a wrong belief about religion.
But that is the beauty of Christ. 1 John 1:9 illustrates this point well. "If we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteous." We are not called to do anything more than confess ours sins to God. He will take care of the rest. We are called to first admit that we do indeed have a problem. This passage depicts two characteristics of God. God calls Himself faithful. Every time you confess your sins, God declares, "I will pardon and purify you." Kevin Deyoung writes, "We are meant to live in the joy of our salvation. So when we sin - and we'll all sin (1 Kings 8:46; 1 John 1:8) - we confess it, get cleansed, and move on."
We might feel that we aren't good enough. God says, "You're right. You are not. But I am. Don't wallow in self pity. Come back to Me. You will always find Me, if you really want to. And let's move one, together."
Living Life
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