“The greatest hindrance of faith is again and again just the pride and anxiety of our own human hearts. We would rather not live by grace. Something within us energetically rebels against it.” Why is this so? Why do we have a problem accepting grace? Why do we have a problem with faith? I think it’s because it’s something that is out of our control. We have to trust and leave the end result up to Someone else. For control freaks (like me) that’s kind of hard. Pride and anxiety are two natural reactions of the human heart but faith bursts through them both. But how do we have faith and keep anxiety from overwhelming us? By recognizing that circumstances are out of our control and trusting Him. We have to realize that His grace is sufficient. I know I’m probably preaching to the choir, but reading this in Barth really stood out to me and was applicable to my life today, and since I realized that I still needed to blog, I decided to talk about it a bit. ☺ We say we want to live by grace but how often do our actions reflect this? I know mine don’t always because I try to take things into my control…
The battle rages on/ as storm and tempest roar/ We cannot win this fight/ inside our rebel hearts/ we're laying down our weapons now/ we raise our white flag/ we surrender all to You/ all for You...
p.s. commented on Danielle’s
I think i can safely say that this is definitely a huge struggle for a lot of Christians. What you said about needing to leave the results up to Him is a huge part of it. All too often, we get on the right road, going after what God has for us but in the process getting way ahead of ourselves. All too often we think that making sure results turn out how we think they should is more important than simply doing what we know God has called us to. It says in the bible that you will know a tree by its fruit. Yet, we strive to create fruit out of thin air without taking the time to cultivate the tree.
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