You Can Rest; Your Best has Already Been Secured

It always seems we’re trying to be better: to manage better, to love better, to work better. 

And to an extent it is good to improve ourselves. Growth is good. 

But it can become a rat race, running an endless loop of “better” on that elusive pursuit to be our best. 

Our Best Secured

I love that during the Christmas season we are reminded more than any other time that there’s one area in which we do not need to strive harder.  In fact, it does us no good.

That area is our salvation. 

We can quit striving to earn our place in heaven, because our best for eternity has already been secured for us.

We can quit striving to earn our place in heaven, because our best for eternity has already been secured for us. Share on X

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9

And it began with a Babe, more than 2,000 years ago. 

With all the endless demands placed on us, by society and ourselves, it’s a sweet, sweet grace to have an area of our lives where we can rest.

God is with us. God is in us. And in His Son, Jesus Christ, the Father has offered us a gift more precious than all the presents we could ever give or receive.

In Jesus, the Father has offered us a gift more precious than all the presents we could ever give or receive. Share on X

So today as you put the last minute touches on your Christmas preparations, rest in God’s promises.

Rest in Emmanuel: He is God with us. He is God in us.

And He has already provided your best. And mine too. 

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).” Ephesians 2:4-5

Reflections: What is an area in which you strive too much? How does knowing the best has already been secured for you, help with that?

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