Romans 3:22, “This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe. There is no difference.”
As I have been doing my personal Bible study on “trust” I have been learning how lacking I am in fully trusting the Lord when I don’t see immediate answers. Having child-like faith is crucial, and lacking trust leads to stress, just as the Israelites complained bitterly in Exodus 16:2-3 encountering danger and inconveniences, yet God provided for their needs. So, He will provide for my needs as I commit them to Him. Dear reader, I would love to pray for your needs right now.
Are you a highly competitive person? Have you had the experience of being judged by your performance in a job or on a sports team where you are striving to earn a first-place position? All of this is based on one’s performance. However, before our holy God, He imparts to us righteousness not by anything we do on our own but solely through our faith in Jesus Christ and is available to all who believe, as John 3:16 states, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” The righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, comes to us through our faith and not by our faith.
“After saving faith, the life of trust begins . . . trust is always looking forward to what God will do; but faith sees that what God says has been done, and believes God’s Word, having the conviction that it is true, and true for ourselves.” Blue Letter Commentary (Newell). Romans 1:17 states, “For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” This means I must live by faith from start to finish, reflecting on God’s holiness, justice, attributes, eternal power, and divine nature, one day at a time.
Do you have a decision to make? Do you have an aching desire that needs to be fulfilled? God’s solution is how you put your trust in Him. Every person’s universal need is found in God, who gives complete and eternal meaning to our lives by glorifying Him. Friends or family members will let us down. But remember, they are sinners saved by grace, just like you are, as Romans 3:23 declares, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” All means all.
God is still writing your story. He is not finished with you yet. God’s solution is how you put your trust in Him. Romans 3:24 plainly states, “Through the redemption that came by Jesus Christ, you are justified freely by His grace.” Put your trust in Him and His promises found in God’s Word, and you will discover God’s solution.
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