Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭1

All the ‘Bible people’ had a dark side. If a background check were given to any of them, it would come up dirty.

Adam was a man who failed to take leadership.

Abraham slept with his wife’s servant girl.

David was a lust-filled, murderous, absentee father.

Samson was arrogant.

Isaiah struggled with his mouth.

All of these men and more had a part of their lives which betrayed the picture of perfection we’d like to elevate them to.

Yet, time and again, God refers to these men as his friends and men after his own heart. They were far from perfect. But God has a tendency to use imperfect people for amazing results.

The natural human tendency when we love someone is to do things that please them. Human love is performance based, Godly love is positionally based.

Human love lives or dies based on what you do. God’s love perseveres because of what he did through Jesus.

In Jesus we have peace with God. That’s positional. Sin in our lives may rob us of the peace OF God, but not peace with God.

Be thankful that peace with God isn’t dependent on your actions but on his action. We fail. We doubt. We procrastinate. But he remains faithful.