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Our goodness is not based on our individual lives for we
have no goodness in us. Our
righteousness is based not on action or deed, for we are truly void of
righteousness.
To compare one to another is futile and sinful for it is thievery
against the One to whom all glory belongs.
If we claim one may stand more righteous than another then
we stand in the midst of the proud lie that greedily gobbles the glory of our
glorious God.
Good works are only truly good when birthed out of the
Source of Goodness, anything else is an ugly counterfeit, masquerading as light
but in truth it is only darkness masked.
If we look upon another believer and deem them as more
righteous for one religious accomplishment or another, then we betray the power
and awful beauty of Calvary.
Now surely out of a life abiding in Jesus Christ goodness
will flow, for you cannot wade into the rivers of the living water without that
living water seeping out of every pore onto a thirsty and parched land. But, that is the outflow of God in us, NOT
the outflow of our goodness, for there is rightly no such thing.
Righteousness is endowed upon us from the heavens at the
precise moment that we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. And that glorious righteousness flows without
prejudice and is bestowed upon the blackest of hearts, which is entirely my
heart and yours.
So, let us shake loose the bounds of this false humility
that says one brother stands more righteous then me and embrace the gift that
was given from the only true Giver. Our
Giver willingly sweat blood to joyfully give this gift of righteousness upon
ALL that would call on the name of Jesus, let us dare not demean this truth
with self-indulgent comparisons.
Always, always abide
first and then allow His acts to flow.
To this, I pray, we all race on.
Ephesians 1:4 ~ “Even as He chose us in Him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him.”
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