The Daily Invitation
Every day we have an opportunity to discover more about God and respond to his invitation to live in love and experience freedom. The Daily Invitation outlines the many ways Scripture calls us to know and follow God. By reflecting on these promises, believers are called to receive God’s give of grace, seek him earnestly, and surrender their lives.
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Cling To Christ
Holiness and turning from evil are not things we can accomplish on our own. If that were the case, as Paul said, Christ died for nothing. Christ’s sacrifice was not just some kind of warning or sign to convince us to be better people. It was an act of grace that broke the power of sin and death so that through Christ, we could become holy.
The Trial Is Grace
It’s tempting to long for the “good days” when God was fresh in your life. Looking back on those early moments of faith, we might glamorize or idealize life at first with Christ, whereas in reality, that early season was probably marked with immaturity and blindspots you don’t deal with today. Where did that growth come from? It didn’t come through comfort and relaxation. It was cultivated through the friction of life and the discipline of the Holy Spirit.
The Gift of Trust
It’s worth considering the power of practicing trust in the “good” times. When we don’t necessarily feel the need to trust in the Lord, it is the perfect opportunity to develop a deeper bond of faith with God. The fruit of daily trust is a soul settled into the rest of God. This posture of prayer and trust is more than a short-term response or a wise plan; it’s a lifestyle of growth.
Grace In Weakness
I’ve never seen more acceleration in my spiritual journey than when God leads me through hardships. I’ve never experienced more fruit and growth in my faith than when God puts me in situations of vulnerability, and the pressure pushes me to trust him more than ever before.
Live For Christ
As you go through your day, remember that everything you do can be filled and sustained by the grace of God. Let your living be for Christ, and fearlessly look to eternity with him.
Escaping Rollercoaster Christianity
The fruit God desires to produce in us is so abundant that we can’t possibly keep track of it. When we live in the presence of God, saturated in his Word, true spiritual growth occurs. God’s kingdom and truth begin to swell up within us from the inside out. Instead of obsessively trying to check everything off our spiritual list, we discover freedom in Christ like never before.
God Is Working In You
So, I invite you once again to pause and remember that it is God in you working to bring about the work he desires. He already has a vision and a plan for your life that brings you greater freedom, love, and power than you could imagine.
All Grace, All Things, All Times
God doesn’t invite us to a salvation moment of grace and then leave us to a lifestyle of striving. Rather, the gift of salvation is our commencement into a lifestyle of grace.
Things Above
Looking upward in prayer is a powerful posture. We find ourselves looking away from the earthy and temporal into the heavenly and eternal. Looking up reminds us that our hope comes from God and not from our strength or wisdom. We are held in his hand, safe under his careful watch, and empowered by his comforting Spirit.
True Spiritual Power
Weakness and humility are the keys to spiritual greatness. Not wisdom, knowledge, talent, accomplishments, wealth, appearances, or great theology. Weakness is the only way we can walk under the power of God.
Hold Fast To God
The whole point of the journey of holiness is to lay down that which is perishing to take on that which is eternal. This only happens when we run to God, trusting fully in his grace to forgive, heal, and restore us.
The Rooted Life
Paul comes in Colossians 2 to remind us that the life built on the Lord Jesus is a life of strength, growth, and overflowing thankfulness.
With My Whole Heart
If we only engage with God in the public spaces of faith, we might not notice these hidden parts in our hearts. When we seek God in the secret place of prayer, we learn to identify where our hearts are hesitant to surrender.
Turn & Obey
How, then, can we become like David? How can we be quick to obey and carefully consider the Lord's ways in everything we do?
Examine Your Heart
Verses like Psalm 59:17 are a mirror for our hearts. Is God your strength? Are praises flowing to the God who shows you steadfast love? Or do you have to do some rearranging of your heart? How drastically do you need to reorient yourself to be in agreement with this verse? It’s worth pondering.
Where Were You?
Is it any less God for him to speak through his word and the council of his Holy Spirit? Is it any less radical for the Son of Man to take on your sin and offer forgiveness? Can there be a greater majesty than the washing away of all our sins?
You Are My God
In the same way, it amazes me how quickly the mundane moments of our lives are filled with divine purpose when we put our trust in the Lord. How many things in your life are you viewing as cumbersome burdens that God intends to use for his glory?
A New Heart
We desperately need God to give us a new heart. It is no good to pile religious striving on top of a stony heart! Ultimately, we are no better off to pursue a lifetime of religious performance than to have forsaken it altogether. I recognize that is a bold statement, but it’s foundational to a life of abiding. Until we acknowledge that our striving is totally useless apart from a new heart, we won’t desire the gift of renewal that God gives.
None Besides You
The journey of knowing and loving God eventually comes to the place where you throw your hands in the air in amazement—God, you are enough!
Taught By God
A life of abiding would not be worth pursuing unless God had made such radical promises like this one—further evidence that our lives are not meant to be conformed but rather transformed. God doesn’t desire a stagnant, limited life that “passes the test.” He desires an ongoing and renewing relationship of growth. He is an engaged Father and a master teacher, so his joy is in our progress toward freedom and glory.