This semester has been filled with refining from the Lord. Something I have experienced that is refreshing my mindset and encouraging my heart is the idea that the Gospel is new every morning to me. That the Gospel of Christ is for me every day and every moment, that it wasn't only for when I prayed the prayer and responded to Christ. His mercies are rich and new every morning, and when Christ died he died for my sin yesterday today and forever. Not that this freedom is for the flesh - "For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another." Galatians 5:13
God calls us to rest in Him, to be still and acknowledge that He is always sovereign (Psalm 46:10). I am thankful that we can cast our anxieties on Him (1 Peter 5:7). He is still working on me, and convicting me when my pride pushes Him away. Look at 1 Peter 5 - verse 6. I don't believe that humility is a one-time-altar-kind of humility, but to continually acknowledge our flesh and crucify it with Christ (Galatians 2:20), to each seek to put others before ourselves (Phil 2) - remembering that God becoming man as Jesus was the ultimate example of humility.
That you would welcome His grace,
Amber
