This morning I thought about the gospel (intentionally because for me it doesn’t exactly just happen), and I found myself realizing a couple things:

1. Everything Christ gave me is something he gave up on the cross: riches, holiness, love, life, etc.
2. It takes more power to turn a wretch into a saint than it does to turn nothing into a universe or dust into a man.
3. The love of God greatly changes one’s morning.

I heard a sermon about the gospel not being just for the lost but also for His already redeemed. If my need is generosity, deeper love, holiness, or some other fruit of the Spirit, striving isn’t the answer. Dwelling on Christ, however, and his generosity, love, and holiness just might have the power to transform even me.

1 John 3:2
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.