Have you put your trust in your government, your jobs, your family, your friends, or even your success, just to be let down time and again. Even good things can’t bring fulfillment that lasts. If you keep doing the same thing and it doesn’t work, maybe it’s time to try something new.
Galatians 2:19-21
“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!
Even if you can fool everyone else, you can’t fool yourself for very long and you can never fool God. If you violate your own conscience, you’ll have to pay a serious price for that. But if you allow God’s truth to guide what path you take, you can walk securely and be at peace.
It’s true you can be forgiven for your sin, but that doesn’t mean you won’t have to deal with the consequences of that sin and live with serious regrets. Instead, lets trust God’s word and watch how he guides our steps.
Proverbs 8-9
The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin. 9 Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
How is our integrity affected when we know the right thing to do but we choose not to do it?
When we are honest, we’re secure in our walk, but when we give into sin, our paths are crooked and twisted. When our identity is in our flesh, we give our resume out at every turn and try to justify our selfish actions.
When our identity is in Christ, we are free to repent of our sin, and Christ’s love is experienced by those with us.
What is the Holy Spirit saying to you through these scriptures?