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… I died to the law, so that I might live to God. Gal 2:19
Paul speaks here of dying to the notion that we can please God through works of the law (i.e. obedience
to a set of rules). Also, of relieving
oneself from the law as a taskmaster and, ultimately, a tool of death.
Living to God arises out of the realization
that our standing before Him (and our ability to live unto Him) arises not out of
our performance and obedience, but out of faith and grace. Out of freedom, not force.
Through faith in Christ…
We are relieved from… striving… failure…
guilt… bondage… condemnation… separation.
And invited into… rest… grace…
peace… freedom… justification… communion.
A few verses later, Paul writes… “Are
you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” (Gal 3:3)
How
foolish we are sometimes! Trading confidence in the unchanging grace of
God for dependence on our temperamental flesh. Let us be fools for
Christ, but
never duped by the flesh.
Where are you living today? In the guilt? Or in the gift?
