We are not like the foolish Galatians, unless we actually believe that we can save our self, or that we can work for God apart from our dependence upon Him alone (Galatians 3:1-3). When we work for God, we are only producing wood, hay and stubble that is merely fit to be burned up (1 Corinthians 3:12-13).
It is actually as God informs us of His will for us, and gives us His spiritual wisdom, strength and understanding, that we can walk in such a way as to bear fruit and bring glory to God. As we do this, we will share in the inheritance that Jesus obtained through Calvary’s cross (John 15:2-13; Ephesians 2:10).
God gives us His power, steadfast patience, and glorious might to accomplish His plans for our life, and we erupt into joyous praises to His name throughout the day (Colossians 1:9-12). He enables us to heal from our past trauma and to cling to His truth as He sets us free (Romans 10:10).
God sees the motives of our heart and discerns the intents and purposes of our behavior (Proverbs 16:2). His Holy Spirit continually refines our faith like a silversmith, until He makes us into pure vessels for God’s honor and glory (James 1:3; 1 Peter 1:7, 4:12-13).
Negative emotions give us a clue about what we believe. If we feel unloved, we believe the lie that significant others in our life do not love us. If we feel that we do not matter, we believe that we are all alone in the world. If we are convinced that we are worthless, we bought into Satan’s attempt to devastate us.
The complete truth is that regardless of any person’s attitude toward us, Christ loves us enough to suffer the persecution and tribulation of his cruel world for our salvation (Hebrews 5:8-14). He also endured nine hours of being separated from our Father God. This occurred due to our sins that He took upon Himself in order to pay our sin debt for us (Matthew 27:45-50).
Prayer:
Father God, thank You that You will never fail us, reject us, or let us down. We are so grateful to You for providing all of our needs according to Your glorious heavenly riches (Philippians 4:19). Your love, peace, and joy flood our soul every moment of our life, and the fruit of Your Spirit replaces our negative personality traits until we are perfect, even as Christ in us is perfect (Galatians 5:22-23).
Help us to focus on the truth of Your Word and to receive liberty by waiting on Your Spirit to set us free from Satan’s deceptive bondage. Thank You that Jesus is our all in all (Ephesians 1:23), and that He gives us a spiritual perspective to realize that in Him all of our needs are already met through His Spiritual blessings (Ephesians 1:3).
Thought for the Day:
The devil convinces us that sin will anesthetize our pain, anger will keep us safe, and pride will help us to achieve our goals; identifying these false assumptions, rejecting them as lies, and embracing God’s truth will set us free from the tyranny of Satan in our life, whose purpose it is to steal, kill and destroy everything and everyone that he can still influence on this earth.
- John 8:32, 36, 44;
