It's not so unusual we think this way. Look at our lives! We've been taught to ask: How well do I have to do to get the A? How many points do I need to average to make Varsity? What GRE scores do I need to get into that graduate program? What sales goal do I need to hit to get the promotion? The 'how good is good enough' question in one form or another applies to most every aspect of our lives.
Here's the great news...our God operates in a whole other economy than this world does! What is His only requirement for us to be loved by Him and sure of eternity with Him? Look at the words of scripture:
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. ~ 1 John 5:11-13
Do: Rest in the fact that your place in eternity and the love of the Father doesn't rely on your own goodness, but on the goodness of Jesus Christ.
Pray: Dear God, thank you that I can know without a shadow of a doubt that I'm accepted by You because I have Jesus! Show me someone in my life that needs to know this truth and help me to find just the right opportunity to share this great news with them.
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