The Worth Of Knowing

Sigh. For me, anxiety comes when I see myself not get it right again. When I see I’m still struggling. When it takes longer than I want.

I’ve started to remind myself there is time. Time is one thing I am not short on – Jesus has given me an eternity.

It’s a little bit of reverse psychology maybe, but it’s also all the way true. I have time to work out my salvation because God has already worked it in me.

And similarly God is not short on grace. Sanctification comes slowly and God knows it. He does not leave. He is not impatient. Knowing and believing God’s goodness toward me will take an eternity.

The call to be holy as God is holy was not meant to cause me to live a life of defeat, but to slowly lean into the God who knows me and made me holy and is making me holy.

I have time to try, to fail, and to wonder at God’s goodness over and over.

Jesus has given me all the time.