He never fails me

I learned something today.

It wasn't something new
And it isn't something old

Because it's something I've always known,
But never ages and never gets tired.

I learned that the life I am living is not my own.
That it's not about me and it's not about you.
It's not about my family or my friends.
Or my acquaintances or enemies.
It's not even about what I could be or what I have been.

It's about Him.

God.

Who he is, was, and always will be.
My life is about what He's done and not about what I can do.
Because I can't do anything; not without Him.

It's because of Him.

I'll never get over what Joanna says every time she talks about her faith. She says, "The Gospel never gets old." And she is absolutely right.

What I think I've been struggling with lately is how to live a life that is Christ-like.
How to do good and be good so that the rest of the world will know how God is good.

But I'm a sinner. I'm destined to fail over and over again. The reality is that I'm forgiven and that's what I need to show people. That I belong to a God who takes me for who I am. Who forgives my sins and loves me so much that He sent His only son to die for me.

The truth is that I'll never be good enough. But God is more than enough and this life isn't about living and striving to "follow Jesus' example" so that my life is a testament but instead living and striving to follow the example because Jesus' life was the testament. His sacrifice through His love for the Father was the testament.

Again, it has nothing to do with me.
It has nothing to do with you.

It has nothing to do with what I've done
Or what you've done
What they've done

But what He has done.

And being reminded of it again, in the face of everything I make my faith out to be, is humbling , refreshing, and convicting.

Thank God the Gospel never gets old.