I'm not perfect, not even close.....

Check it, I want to live a life pleasing to God, but everyday I blow it in one way or another. A godly man, a hero of the Christian faith, the apostle Paul had the same problem and he put it this way:

“I don't understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate.” Romans 7:15.

Can you relate? Do you want to do good but sometimes blow it? Don’t feel bad about it, you’ve got a lot of company: everyone else! God tells us in the bible:

“There is no one righteous, not even one.” Romans 3:10

We are totally powerless to do what is right all of the time, as a matter of fact we do wrong a lot! We were born this way. The bad news is this separates us from God who IS perfect. The good news is that God loves us anyway and had a plan from the beginning for taking care of this problem: sending Jesus to help us. Jesus, being fully God came into the world as a man to rescue us from our less than righteous nature which traps us:

“God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.” John 3:17

“But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” Romans 5:8

You see, Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty, death, of our less than perfect nature.
The only thing God requires us to do is believe:

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

Are you still going to do things that are wrong after believing? Absolutely. The apostle Paul felt the way he did about his actions, in the first verse we read, after being radically saved by his belief in Jesus! After being saved it’s a growth process towards allowing God to take control of your life, not allowing the nature you’re born with to control your actions. Paul put it this way:

“I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” Galatians 2:20

Get stoked on Jesus, believe in Him, and give him control of your life. You won’t regret it. God wants to do great and righteous things through you. All things are possible with Jesus!

Sk8 4 God’s three core values: Courage, Wisdom, and Honor!

It takes courage to accept that you’re less than perfect and give your life to Jesus. But with God on your side you’ve got nothing to fear!
“Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord” Psalm 27:14


-RC