Life is a Person (Not a Problem)

I am not used to life not being a set of problems that need to be fixed.

This is all a new element to me.

I was not used to the notion that God is gracing me, and continues gracing me.

I was so stuck on the false notion that life was about fixing the problems.

No way!

Life is a Person, and this Person cares deeply about you and me!

Life is a Person:

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14: 6)

Not an example to keep, not a standard to meet, but a King who reigns, and wants us to reign with Him:

"15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5: 15-17)

All of this is so new to me.

All of this may seem too new to you, too.

You mean, this life is not about trying to make yourself better?!

"4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast.  10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2: 4-10)

If God your Father has placed you in Christ, above everything else, there is no "making yourself better".

So, get over it!

Life is a Person, and He is all about you:

"10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." (Mark 10: 45)

and

"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." (John 10: 10)

and

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2: 20)

and

"1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." (Colossians 3: 1-4)

and

"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." (1 John 5: 12)

He is Life. The problem is that we want problems to fix, rather than resting in the truth that He is fixing our problems, and has solved the greatest, sin and death, at the Cross.