“The gospel of grace says that God accepts us in Christ and then he makes us holy. We don’t first make ourselves holy so that God will accept us. When God accepts us in Christ we can experience the indomitable power of the indwelling Holy Spirit to resist temptation, flee from sin, live righteously, and glorify God in all things.” Gloria Furman
I am visiting my sister in Dallas for the first few days of 2012. I had a few minutes to check my feeds on the blogs that I keep up with. As I am thinking about this new year, it dawned on my that Christ accepts me as I am and He is the one who makes me holy. (It is so easy to think that I alone accomplish things and think that I should get the credit.) It is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that makes it possible for me to flee from sin and to live a righteous life. I pray that this year that I remember this – that I depend on Christ and not myself to accomplish the things that are set before me.
Reflections 