Graceless Expectations

I often wonder why people hold requirements so heavy in their hearts.

And I think it’s because it gives them an ounce of control.

A plus B should equal C, after all.

But the point of the Old Covenant is that God’s people couldn’t live up to either A or B, so C was a poor amalgamation of His children’s inability to perfectly serve a perfect God.

And that was the point.

That is why we need Jesus.

So, it’s frustrating when met with those who desire to keep the Pharisaical law in a way that lacks grace and fraught with the fearful desire to keep everyone in line.

Like playing God, if God weren’t God.

We have freedom from human rules like Paul says and Peter learned.

So, let’s walk away from graceless expectations and walk into a pure and submissive heart to greet our Lord.