AUGUST 7, 2023

   “The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.” 

― Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage

PSALM 79-81

11“But my people would not listen to me;

Israel would not submit to me.

12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts

to follow their own devices.(81:11-14)

ROMANS 8:1-18

 15The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.^f 

JOURNAL 

I am a co-heir with Christ. What? How is that even possible to accept? I constantly misplace things, I have sinful thoughts, I fall prey to laziness, I constantly fail to give my best and yet God considers me a "co-heir"? To accept and embrace this reality is to be humbled in my own weakness. Yet it is this exact weakness that brings me into the presence and grace of God. That's the Gospel...that God would love me no matter my failure...actually that my failure brings me to a place where God can love me deeper than I could ever believe possible. 

Accepting and acknowledging this undeserved love it what changes me for the better.

5Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

6in all your ways submit to him,

and he will make your paths straight.^a

PROVERBS 3:5-6