That’s simply horrible logic. 100 is an arbitrary number. There is nothing in Scripture that defines these parameters. God wants us have integrity in our person and to be consistent in obeying his law, and not the ones we make up for ourselves.
I can picture it now. I take my reading list to God at the end of the year and say, “I’m sorry that I didn’t get to 100. Please forgive me.”
And God responds, “I don’t remember telling you to do that.”
Freedom
It’d be helpful to kick off those watermelon shoes. What areas in your life do you feel a weight of guilt? Is that because of something which God has explicitly stated and you are falling short in this area? If so, repent and believe the gospel. Trust in Jesus for healing, change, and forgiveness.
What if you are breaking rules that you’ve made up? What if the shame and guilt that you feel is not imposed by God but instead by either your own standards or that placed upon you by the world? It wouldn’t be uncommon for you to be carrying this weight. Consider these words of Jesus:
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30, NIV)
If his yoke is easy and his burden is light and yet we are weary and burdened it has to mean that we’re loaded down by things that we aren’t supposed to be. We’re trying to run the race with watermelon shoes.
So, kick those off today and rest in His finished work.
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