In order to stay in power, King Louis XIV created a grand scheme which
would empower his friends while impoverishing his enemies. He distracted the nobles with busy tasks and steps in order to get his favors. Many denominations give the impression that we must do, say, think, or have
certain things in order to access God. No falsehood could be more
pernicious:
"Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that
we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:
16)
If we are saved by grace (Ephesians 3\2:4, 8), then anything that we
need we also receive by grace. Our "job" is to rest in the Finished Work of
Jesus Christ (Hebrews 4: 11), that through Him all our sins have been forgiven
(Colossians 2: 13), and that through Him we have been blessed with all spiritual
blessings (Ephesians 1: 3)
The real issue for us, and the source of
distraction for Satan, is that he wants us to look at ourselves, convince us
that we have to do things, find things, or spend ourselves, much like the nobles
of King Louis' day, in order to get what we need.
Yet we have not so
received Christ:
"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to
fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father." (Romans 8: 15)
God is not some distant monarch whom we have to
bribe in order to receive form him. Because Jesus Christ died on the Cross for
us, becoming sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (2
Corinthians 5: 21), we can now call him: "Daddy!" Even evil parents responds to
the needs of their children. God gave His own Son for us, so we can know and
believe in His Love (1 John 4: 16), that He will freely give us all things with
Him (Romans 8: 31-32)
Do not try to think, feel, say, or do anything in
order to come before God. Rest in the eternal truth of His love, that all your
sins are forever forgiven (1 John 4: 10), that before Him God does not see you
in your mortal body, but alive in Christ (1 John 4: 17)
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