Philippians 3:9-10 ...I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law, rather I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
We all have thoughts and ways which have probably been ingrained into us through tradition or upbringing or culture so it's not always easy to give them up if they're different to God's ways or thoughts. I have to remind myself that God knows best and if He says give up that way or thought it's for my own good!
For instance if we feel condemned about something we need to let it go because God wants us to update our 'believing right' software in our heads!
God's way depends on faith in what God has done for us in Jesus because Jesus fulfilled all the law for us because He knew we could not. When I was growing up our Christianity was inclined to be performance based. You shall not.. You must ....! But we forgot God's grace which is all about what Jesus has already done for us at the cross and we can't add to it.
He has taken all our sin and condemnation, our failures and mistakes, our sicknesses into Himself and taken the punishment for them all, once and for all. And then He wonderfully gave us His very own righteousness, healing and wholeness in their place. When we believe and receive that, we have God's thinking and God's way in Christ.
God approves of us because our faith is in Jesus, not because we do things right.
Thank You Lord we can be at peace and rest in what Jesus has already done for us, that You approve of us because of Him. Amen.
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