The Pressures of Grace
December 13, 2011In exercise class a song from Elbow played, “Forget Myself”. Has a great hook, you can dance do it, but I bring it up because of a provocative line in its lyric: “He’s so mercifully free of the pressures of grace.”
Ever wish for this? Ever wish you had never heard “You shall love God with all your heart, all your mind, all your strength, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself”? Ever think that life would be so much easier if we had no commitment to follow Christ, because then we would have no obligations to God or neighbor?
It’s worth pondering in Service Month. We serve a serving God. When I hear the phrase “the pressures of grace” I think of Jesus saying, “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.” It’s a lot to live up to, make no mistake about it. What makes it worth it?
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