This morning I read Galatians 3:10, " For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, ' cursed be be anyone who does not abide by all things in the Book of the Law and do them'" (v.10)
At first this verse might discourage someone, especially if you do not understand the idea of justification. Paul is saying that all who "rely on the law" are still under the curse of sin. This curse of course introduced by Adam. When we choose to rely on the works of the law or rely on following all of the law as basis for our "rightness" or"righteousness", then we operate under that curse. It is not until we trust Jesus for our righteousness that we are OK before God.
All of us should be daily recognizing our inability to please God in ourselves, repenting of our sin, and looking to Jesus alone for our righteousness.
Now many who read this might say, " I did that" Know this, Yes we all do need to come to a point where we say " yes " to Jesus. This is the basis for our eternity, yet daily we must be reminded that not only are we saved by Jesus, but we are also to live daily on the basis of His righteousness. I do not think it is just me that needs to constantly return to Him claiming my dependence.
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Living in Jesus' righteousness, though, gives us a freedom that we cannot know under the law. Sometimes we want to focus so much on what we can't do, but we should focus on knowing Jesus better. The more we know Him, the more like Him we become. The more we become like Him, the less we have to worry about "doing the right thing". We do need to recognize our dependence on Him, yes, daily. However, we don't want to get bogged down in the "worm theology" and lose sight of the freedom that we have in Christ.
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