So instead of trying and failing to please God we have stepped into a whole new way of life.
Jesus Christ was born under the law of God, lived under the law and died by the law becoming a curse of sin and death. (Galatians 4) The cross of Christ has been placed on top of the law of God. Our attempts of trying to be good are filtered through the death of Christ. We have died in Christ and we have been made righteous. The evidence is not our achievement but Christ’s.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.” (Galatians 5 v 22-26)
We allow the Spirit the freedom to move in our lives, to breathe, grow and bear fruit.
We focus on being and the Spirit focuses on the doing.
The result is that the Spirit declares the righteousness of God in our lives in a greater way than all of our trying.
We are released to serve by simply being. Come Holy Spirit!
Missions Paul 