We live in a world that rewards performance. It’s ingrained in us from an early age. Tests, sports, education, manners; almost everything. And this performance-based mindset affects our view of and relationship to God. We can believe we must perform to certain standards to be in right relationship with God. We feel that when we do the right thing, God turns his chair toward us. We feel that when we do the wrong thing, He turns His is back on us. As such, we begin creating religious performance-based rules for ourselves and then live by them, in bondage. But Jesus didn’t come to start a religion. He came to restore a relationship.
God’s heart for lost people is that they are found, so we must be relentless about finding them.
Life doesn't always go as planned, but God uses interruptions as invitations. How is God inviting you to pivot toward Him today?
To live a holy life, we must choose relationships that will help us be holy.
