Day 3-

I thought today about what keeps me from coming to Jesus. I found myself surprised at the answer even though it was so clear; I keep myself from coming to Jesus. I will do something wrong or get distracted, and then my guilt/shame will handcuff me. What this revealed to me is that I still think I have to do certain things, or be a certain person for Jesus to love me.

What if, by being in close relationship with Jesus my life actually changed? Since I started following Jesus my life has changed in a lot of ways. I have seen times when this change flowed out of my close relationship with Jesus. Unfortunately other times the changes came out of feelings of obligation, legalism, or positive social pressure. Does it matter? As long as we are changing in positive ways, making better choices; does it matter if this is directly coming out of our close relationship with Jesus, or out of something else? It depends. It depends on what we are wanting our life to be about. If we want our life to be about following Jesus, then changes and decisions we make, need to come from a place much deeper than obligation.


Conversation Possibilities-

Ask Jesus: Do you really love me? If so, why?

What does it look like to have a relationship with Jesus, vs trying to earn a relationship with him?


Comment-

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