Aug 28                                                                  The Power of God’s Word
For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.
– Galatians 5:4(NLT)
ACCESSING GOD’S GRACE
A poem and essay by ILMA
Those who are legalistic and religiously follow the law
Watch out! You become an easy prey to the foe
God doesn’t want us to live only to follow a set of rules
He wants us to trust him completely and not be a fool.
When you focus on the law, you break away from Christ
When you work to earn points to make yourself right
There’s a chance you lose accessing God’s grace
Instead, he wants us to walk in love constantly and grow in faith.
Have you ever worked at earning points by doing good works and following a set of rules and regulations? I used to do it all the time. As children, we were told to follow a set of rules to protect us because we don’t have the maturity to understand consequences of actions. Sadly, many people reach adulthood but still in bondage to human traditions. We are cautioned not to be bound by it in Mark 7:8. If you try to make yourself right with God through following laws and traditions, you are cut off from Christ and have fallen away from God’s grace.
PRAYER
Lord, help me mature in faith.
REFLECTION
How does love break down legalism?