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9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?Gal 4:9

Paul is visibly upset with what He is seeing done by the Galatians! He is asking why, why would you take the free gift of salvation and start adding human tasks and essentially deny God’s free gift of grace? Why attribute human limitations to the divine and holy work accomplished by Christ? Why trade the divine sufficiency of Christ for weak, human substitutes? At first I think how could they do this but then God’s Word starts to shine on my life and I can see how I am doing the same thing. I have been reading this verse for awhile and it is showing me that I am no different than the Galatians and that I am falling into the exact same trap.

As a follower of Christ I am constantly trying to remove the things that separate me from Him. But once I removed all the so called “big sins” I felt the victory and started to get comfortable and complacent. I forget that Christ didn’t just go to the cross for the sins I think are really bad. He went to the cross to smash and destroy ALL sin! So I cannot be OK with allowing any of it to remain in my life! This is pushing me to really examine myself and be honest with myself about what I’m allowing in my life. What am I still clinging to and where am I relying on my own strength instead of surrendering? Where am I drifting back into self reliance instead of resting in what God has already accomplished? God freely gives salvation by His grace, and in return He calls us to be holy as He is holy. That is the pursuit I will continue until the day He calls me home!

APPLICATION:

Stay in His Word. Allow it to filter everything I say, think and do. Don’t be OK with anything in my life that takes the place of Christ. Really examine myself daily and be honest when I need to change. Be holy in everything! Stay humble and allow God to fight my battles! Talk about Jesus especially at work. Be thankful at all times! Lord please forgive me for all the ways I still try to control my life. Help me surrender it all to You! You deserve obedience in all things! Give me your Spirit and help me to be better! Give me Your power and Your strength and the courage to change! Thank You for everything I have and do not let me forget that it all comes from You!

IN HIS NAME!