It’s because of this that you are unhappy, and can’t become happy, because God is your opponent. You aren’t occupied with God, but with how you are treated by other people. You can think that you have been treated unfairly, that you haven’t been treated justly you are occupied with what the others think about you. What God wants to do so much, is to transform us inwardly. They transgress in what they say, and don’t even ask for forgiveness. It is apparent when things have succeeded, and there is progress in a person’s life. You aren’t acknowledging anything you aren’t judging yourself, but defending yourself instead. You can be capable, and you can be good, as a human being, but all that human goodness and ability doesn’t help a bit if God opposes you. You can attempt to compensate for a lack of grace by being zealous in different things.
You can accomplish a lot in your own human strength. When it can’t be noticed that there is any progress at all in your life, it is because you are not receiving grace. You only receive as much grace as the humility you possess. You can even spend the whole night praying to receive love, but it won’t help a bit, if you aren’t humble so that you can receive grace. The humble receive grace (James 4:6 1 Peter 5:5), and to receive grace means that you receive all the help that you need. When this has had a tremendous effect on you, it will be manifested by the fact that you receive grace. The simplest concept of what humility is, can be gained by having small thoughts about yourself. The proud, the high-minded, the arrogant, and those who are wise in their own eyes have God as their opponent. God gives grace to the humble, and what people think about you doesn’t matter. Humility is the fundamental law for all salvation, and now it has become crystal clear for me that in the deepest sense there is nothing else besides this.
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