Why do we try so hard to make Jesus cool?! He doesn’t need a makeover.
God is at work in the mess. That's the message of the Bible. That's why the Bible is not pretty. That's why it's grimy, because God is working in the mess. He's working in the tears.
I'm accepted by God and it has nothing to do with me.
"Being a good steward" and "placing your hope in" is not the same thing.
The glory of God is that you can't outs in His grace.
If we could understand how impossible our situation is, we would grow in reverence for the kingship of Christ.