Who doesn’t like to get gifts? Gifts let us know that people care about us, whether it’s Christmas or a birthday or maybe an anniversary. It makes us feel special and loved. We didn’t have to do anything to receive those gifts. We accept them with no questions asked.
What if we accepted the free gift of salvation from God? For those of us who are saved, we know that the gift is free, but do we live like it? Do we continue to try to earn God’s love and grace through our good works? Sometimes our good works can become idols. We might be looking for recognition and approval from others. We might want others to think we are important. But when we do this we are putting the glory on ourselves and not God.
God saves us by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Nothing we do can save us. God designed it that way so He would receive all the glory, not us. Let everything we do be for the glory of God.
