Can you be good enough?
Let's talk about a question that keeps many of us up at night: "How good is good enough for God?" You know that feeling - trying to measure up, checking invisible boxes, wondering if you're making the grade.
Maybe you've heard the advice: do more, do better, do now. Keep the commandments. Stay moral. Pray regularly. Help others. It's like we're all running on this endless treadmill of good deeds, hoping we'll eventually reach "good enough."
But here's the thing - nobody can tell you exactly what that magic number is. Isn't it crazy? We're more certain about how to make the perfect lasagna than what it takes to get to heaven. Think about that: we've got detailed instructions for everything from building furniture to baking bread, but when it comes to eternal life? The requirements seem fuzzy at best.
That's because we're looking at it all wrong. Check out what the Bible says in Ephesians 2:8: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God." See what's happening here? God's flipping the script entirely.
Instead of asking "How good is good enough?" He's saying, "Stop trying to earn what I want to give you freely." It's like trying to pay for a gift - it completely misses the point.
Paul puts it beautifully in Galatians 3:13, saying Christ has absorbed our self-defeating life completely into himself. We don't contribute anything to our salvation. Zero. Nada. Nothing.
The message? Stop exhausting yourself trying to earn God's love. It's not about your performance - it's about His grace. And that's the best news you'll hear today.