Take the Pressure Off

Good morning,

Do you ever want to just take the pressure off!? I mean about yourself and your relationship with God. Joyce Meyer wrote a great piece on this I want to share with you.

Philippians 3:9: Paul, the author says he wants to achieve one thing in life– to be found in Christ.  This needs to be our attitude also. We cannot always manifest perfect behavior, but with God’s help we can keep pressing toward the goal.

Do you know why God never allows us to achieve perfect behavior? If we ever did, we would derive our sense of worth from our perfection and performance rather than from His love and grace.

If you and I behaved perfectly all the time, we would think God owed us an answer to our prayers because of our obedience to all the rules and regulations. So do you know what God does? He leaves us some weaknesses so we have to go to Him constantly to ask for His help. Our weaknesses keep us dependent on Him whether we like it or not.

If that is so, what are we supposed to do? Trust God, relax, and enjoy life.We need to learn to enjoy God more.That will not only help us, it will also take the pressure off the people around us. We need to quit demanding perfection from ourselves and from everyone around us. We need to start enjoying people just as they are.

In essence Paul said he wanted to stand before God and say, “Well, here I am, Lord, and though I do not have a perfect record, I do believe in Jesus . My righteousness is in Him, not in my ability to perform.” I encourage you to make that your goal, too!

I could not agree more with this writing! Trust God, relax, and enjoy life. My motto for sure. My whole family’s motto. Enjoy God–how awesome is that!

Love you, Teri