You did not develop it. You did not earn it. It could not be manufactured. It could not be maintained. Our salvation is a gift from God. True gifts are not earned. They are simply given. Sometimes they are deserving, but when it comes to salvation, this great gift was not deserved. It was given none the less.
There is never a need for us to get 'high and mighty' about who we are in Christ. All of it has been given to us undeservedly.
So the question is: How do you respond to such a gift? You respond with gratitude....gratitude that is shown in how we live our lives, how we grow in Christ, how we work on His Behalf. Paul put it this way in Ephesians 2.8-10- For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Now, let's live this day as we should all days, with gratitude toward God, and showing that thankfulness in our testimony of Christ that we build by doing good works, saying good things, and leaving good marks everywhere we go.
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