Grace is not the reward in itself; knowing Christ is. Grace simply makes it possible for you to stop striving for yourself and strive out of love for God instead. Grace isn’t an excuse to be lazy or apathetic about the marks of a Christian life. Rather, it is the catalyst by which we can partake in it. Friend, we’ve not been saved by grace and spared the ceaselessness of striving so that we can stay the same. When we are informed by grace and not conformed to the law, we can strive the way we ought.
