Sourced in God

Job 28-29; Galatians 1-2 

“Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?...Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?”

Galatians 3:3, 5

There are choices throughout our spiritual journey to either pursue faith and dependence on the Spirit, or rely on human effort and our own strength. Salvation only occurs by faith; our spiritual journey depends on faith. The temptation to rely on self-righteousness based on human effort and achievement never leaves us; however, self-effort will not birth miracles. If we are to see the “greater things” in our walk with God, we will need to grow in faith through yielding to the work of the Spirit in our lives. While self-effort looks foolish to God, we rationalize that it was our most prudent option in life.

Will we choose to look foolish in relying on the Spirit and living by faith?

“Lord Jesus, I repent for defaulting to human effort, rather than faith in the work of your Spirit. Fill me again with your Spirit and the joy of living for you.”