I recently heard someone say that Christianity isn’t about self improvement, it’s about self surrender.\u00a0 I can see that.\u00a0 We could try to improve our lives on our own and completely miss the point.\u00a0 God doesn’t just want people who are improved.\u00a0 He want people who love him back.\u00a0 And so we aren’t called to apply self-help techniques to our lives, we’re called to surrender our lives to God and submit to his will for us.\u00a0 We might not always understand what his plans are or what the end result of our labors will bring about.\u00a0 But we can know, if we trust and obey Jesus, that he will help us do whatever he wants us\u00a0 accomplish.\u00a0 And Jesus can do a lot more in the heart and through the life of a humble, willing servant than he can do for someone who already thinks they’re good enough.<\/p>\n
Having Jesus in charge of our lives will definitely improve us–more than we can imagine.\u00a0 But the point isn’t to attain a goal in order to find God’s grace.\u00a0 It’s to find God’s grace so that we can attain every goal set for us.<\/p>\n
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