Performance Based or Potential Driven? I read and hear a lot of different believers speaking of the dangers of performance based thinking. We are warned to avoid ‘mixing grace with law.’ I certainly understand the concept but at times I think that some are throwing out the baby with the bath water. Is it performance based thinking to understand our full potential in Christ as an opportunity for growth and increase? Is it performance based thinking to apply Kingdom principles to our lives? Does it mean that we are seeking God’s approval, or, does it mean that we are walking in God’s purposes? It is important that we understand the difference. I have never been a performance based thinker in my relationship with God. I understood God’s unconditional love from day 1 of my salvation. But I quickly became excited about understanding God’s potential in me (Philemon 1:6). Realizing how much more potential I had in Christ, versus my very limited future without Him, only made me hungry to be fully given to His purpose in my life. Was I mixing the Law with grace? No. Sometimes I think that those who use such sayings are the ones with the greater problem. They have accepted a certain level of fate and passivity in their lives and quickly criticize those who are stepping out in faith to do more. Sowing and reaping, giving and receiving, speaking the Word, having vision, being perseverant, not indulging the flesh, etc., are not signs of legalism but manifestations of love! If you are in love with Jesus, you will be a potential driven believer. There will be no paralyzing fear of legalism, but rather the liberating joy of growing unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ!
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 12:00:00 +0000
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