Have you ever laid your head down on your pillow at the end of the day and then thought, “Did I do enough today? Did I work hard enough? Did I really show Jesus enough proof to demonstrate my loyalty and love for Him?” Do you know what it’s like to wake up to a brand new day, start praying and then find yourself telling the Lord that today is going to be different and you’re really going to make it an awesome day today? Do you measure one day against another, thinking that you did enough today? When you are trying to figure out the health of your relationship with Jesus, what evidence are you looking for? Is it something you did or didn’t do that made you feel closer or farther away from the Lord? This is the easiest trap to fall into when it comes to our walk with Jesus. After all, most people think religion is about doing stuff to make yourself good. Not only that, but there is so much in the Bible about doing good things that it can be hard to figure out that this is not the point of knowing Jesus. The Apostle Paul says that if you think doing certain things or failing to do other things shows you how close you are to Jesus, you have been bewitched. There are people who will try to persuade you to work harder and do more, but in Galatians 5, Paul says “that kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.” Jesus isn’t pushing you to do more. He wants you to love Him honestly and everything else will flow out of that love.
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