Thoughts for the Day

Our works do not obligate God

Divine blessings flow from God’s mercy rather than from our merit. Thus we cannot guarantee that His care will flow according to our plans simply because we conform in some degree to biblical standards. Our works do not obligate God to care for us in the way that we think is best. We cannot put God on a leash through our goodness, nor obligate Him to our wishes by our won deeds. God blesses according to the wisdom of His eternal mercy rather than in proportion to our works of earned merit.

Bryan Chapell, Holiness by Grace p. 24