Again and again, Jesus keeps confronting us with truths that confront our flawed thinking. There is nothing we can do to save ourselves — to make ourselves right with God. But that doesn’t leave us without hope because what we can’t do, God can! And as we begin to grasp the greatness of God’s love and saving work, our hearts will be transformed and we will see that giving ourselves fully to him with all the sacrifices that requires, pales in comparison to all that we receive from him.
