There's Nothing We Can Do

We don't like to hear the words: "There's nothing we can do."



Why?



First of all, the statement implies that all our striving has been in vain. That the battle is over and finished.



Secondly, our society has taught that with enough willpower and intestinal fortitude we can accomplish anything. While that has some truth in the physical realm, in the spiritual realm it's false and contradicts what God has done.



Consider the following:



There's nothing we can do . . .

                                                     to earn grace or salvation.



There's nothing we can do . . .

                                                    to repay God.



There's nothing we can do . . .

                                                    to atone for our sins. 



There's nothing we can do . . .

                                                    to justify ourselves.



There's nothing we can do . . .

                                                    to make God love us any more.



There's nothing we can do . . . 

                                                    to make God love us any less.



All our striving IS in vain. The battle IS over. It IS finished. Jesus has already done for us what we cannot do for ourselves. That's not only good news. It's great news!



Father, thank You for doing for us what we could never do for ourselves. Help us to always remember what it cost You to make that possible. May we quit wavering between faith and self-justification and follow You wholeheartedly. In Jesus' name, Amen.