Devotional for the week – Sunday, May 4, 2025
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS
People cannot do any work that will make them right with God.
Romans 4:5
If Christ had not covered us with his grace, each of us would be overdrawn on our heavenly bank account. When it comes to goodness we would have insufficient funds. Inadequate holiness. God requires a certain balance of virtue in our account, and its more than any of us has alone. Our holiness account shows insufficient funds, and only the holy will see the Lord; what can we do?
We could try making a few deposits. Maybe if I wave at my neighbor or compliment my husband or go to church next Sunday, I’ll get caught up. But how do you know when you’ve made enough?
If you are trying to justify your own statement, forget ever having peace. You are trying to justify an account you can’t justify. “It is God who justifies”. (Rom. 8:33)
From Grace for the Moment (Vol.1)
By Max Lucado