YOU ARE BLESSED BY CHRIST’S PERFORMANCE, NOT YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE

YOU ARE BLESSED BY CHRIST’S PERFORMANCE, NOT YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE

It is not your prayers, fasting, or whatever you have done as a Christian that earned you God's blessings, so that you can boast about your own performance.

As Ephesians 2:8–9 teaches us, we are saved by grace through faith, not by our works.

You are blessed because of Christ's finished work, not because of your personal performance.

When you understand this simple but profound truth in the Word of His Grace, your prayer life begins to change. Instead of approaching God as though you are trying to earn His blessings through your prayers, fasting, or religious activities, you begin to pray from the consciousness that, in Christ, God has already provided everything you need for life and godliness.

As 2 Peter 1:3 declares, God's divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who has called us by His glory and virtue.

You do not pray to persuade God to bless you; you pray with confidence in the God who has blessed you in Christ.

Prayer and fasting remain valuable expressions of our fellowship with God, but they are not payments we make to purchase His favour. We pray, fast, and serve God because of His grace, not to earn what Christ has already accomplished for us.

This is the simplicity of the Gospel of Grace: we do not work to earn God's acceptance; we live and serve from the acceptance we have received in Christ Jesus.

Amos Iguma

Salvation Ground Ministry Int'l