This great question rises to the top once
again. As Christian’s go, the quest for “good
enough” is like running a race in a round building.
If you don’t claim to wear the Christian
label, perhaps you have thrown up your hands because you never felt the “standards”
were reachable.
Let me help you with some of these quandaries.
I started a new career path recently as a
personal banker. There are over thirty
tutorials I’m required to take, and the passing score is 80. What if, in the pursuit of God, we had to
score an 80 or greater on the “good” meter?
What would happen if we score a 78, or even 58? Maybe we’re so far from good we can
only muster a 42. What then?
Just how good is good? What does God do with average Joe’s and
Jackie’s? What if, for whatever reasons,
we feel we are below average in God’s scheme of things?
Hang on.
There is some great news ahead.
The critical piece in this race for good and
better is this: GRACE! The grace of God is available and abundant
for the best of the best and the worst of the worst. Just listen to this.
The wages of sin - death, but God’s gift
is eternal life In Christ Jesus.
Romans
6:23
And another:
By grace you and I are saved through faith. This is not because of anything we can do on
our own. This is a free gift from
God.
Ephesians
2:8
And one final thought:
This is the testimony: God gives us eternal life in His Son
Jesus Christ. If you have the Son, you have
life.
I John 5:11
As I read these passages again, I see no
mention of a price. There is no laundry
list of “things to do”. We ACCEPT
this free gift.
Here is what is missing:
We don’t have to bow to the east.
We don’t have to wear sandals.
We don’t have to earn a bunch of merit
badges.
Here is the only qualification: have the Son – Jesus Christ.
And if you presently don’t have the Son,
just ask. ASK! Ask him to come and be with you, abide in
you.
How good is good?
Good enough when you have the Son!
P Michael
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