“Religion says, ‘I obey; therefore, God must accept me.’ The Gospel says, ‘While I was a sinner, God loved me and rescued me. I worship and obey out of gratitude and love.’ Tragically, the former belief is the background music animating our heart unless and until we drive the Gospel into every corner of it—and do so every day.”
—Mike Woodruff in “The Friday Update”
My prayer this week: Help me drive the Gospel into every corner of my life. Breakdown any strongholds in my heart that may cling to the notion I have any reason to boast in my salvation—it is a gift from You alone, not by any works I have done or could do. Keep me humble in this knowledge, that I may live in gratitude daily.
