From the moment I was saved, I became complete. As soon as Christ entered me, he became all that I am to where there's no way I can strive to be more. I've already reached perfection. There is nothing I can do to get "closer" to God; He's inside of me. If I strive to do all that I can do religiously, it will be in vain. All I can do is respond to the one true, holy, living God. "I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." (Galatians 2:20)
When I act in the flesh, attempting to achieve something for God or for myself spiritually, it always ends in frustration. I as a human have no words persuasive enough and no actions compelling enough to win anyone to Christ. The Holy Spirit is the one who does the work in them. All I can do is be obedient to the promptings of God and His will will be done. There's so much going on in the spiritual realm that we cannot understand. The spirit can be speaking the precise words to someone who we come in contact with, while we are lost for words. It's a beautiful revelation that we are not responsible for the salvation of others, that's God's work. We just allow Him to use us, regardless of how effective we think we are.
Amen brother....a hardy AMEN! I just read Isaiah 28:13 - "So then, the word of the LORD to them will become: 'Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there' — so that as they go they will fall backward; they will be injured and snared and captured." God was saying to the people of Judah that their "religious activity" will never get them anywhere...only make them stumble. Then in verses 23-29 26 he gives them the secret...read it. Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God almighty!
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