Competition

Do you ever feel like sometimes we seem to compete with others to see who can "prove," through works, the person who is most obviously righteous?

Does your hope rest in what you do, blessings in your life, joy, how you feel?

Or does it rest in God Almighty? Not in his blessings, not in his joy, not in his strength, but in HIM? (summarized in my own words from Oswald Chambers' entry from Jan. 19)

A life changed by the power of Christ SHOULD have works that show our faith. But if we ever start competing to feel the most righteous, we have missed the point. Nothing we do makes us righteous. It is ONLY through Christ that we are made righteous.