Grace is the Remedy for Religious Exhaustion
Here are some very small passages from Tullian Tchividjian's book,
One Way Love, that clarify what God's Grace does to and for the believer. I heartily agree and found these to be true. I hope you are significantly encouraged by them. The bold emphasis is mine.
"The idea that there is an unconditional love that relieves the pressure, forgives our failures, and replaces our fear with faith seems too good to be true...
He came to
emancipate us from the burden to get it all right, from the obligation to fix ourselves, find ourselves, and free ourselves. Jesus came to release us from the slavish need to be right, rewarded, regarded, and respected. Because Jesus came to set the captives free,
life does not have to be a tireless effort to establish ourselves, justify ourselves, and validate ourselves...
Once this good news grips your heart, it changes everything. It frees you from having to be perfect. It frees you from having to hold it all together. In the place of exhaustion, you might even find energy. No, the Gospel of grace is not too good to be true. It is true! It’s the truest truth in the entire universe...
Grace
brings us back into contact with the children we once were (and still are)—children who loved to ride roller coasters, to smile and yell and throw our hands up in the air. Grace, in other words, is
terrifyingly fun, and like any ride worth standing in line for, it is worth coming back to again and again. In fact, God’s one-way love may be the only ride that
never gets old, the only ride we thankfully never outgrow. A
source of inexhaustible hope and joy for an exhausted world. So what are we waiting for? Scoot over, and let’s take the plunge, once again, for the first time..."
