"Greater Riches!" - Too

 "Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches that the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward." (Hebrews 11:26 KJV)

  "I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith. I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!" (Philippians 3:7-11 NLT)

 There are certain things that cause us to want to know more about God's love and passion towards us, as we try hard to figure out why He really cares for us as He does. I constantly think to myself about how unworthy I am to receive His abundant mercy and grace; yet it overwhelms me each and every time that I do, as I envision Christ on that cross, knowing that God's love is overwhelmingly sufficient to save, even the worst of sinners! 

 The real reason most of us have this guilty feeling, isn't because we mess up from time to time, but it is because we can't stop messing up; we try so hard, but it seems the harder we try to be righteous, the more unrighteous we feel, and the further away from the Lord we see ourselves. This is really a thing, as Paul uses that in his message in Galatians, that the law is only there to show us how much we need Jesus...

"Is there a conflict, then, between God's law and God's promises? Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it. But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God's promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ." (Galatians 3:21-22 NLT)