Going over my memory work in Galatians on my walk. It’s Paul in a whole mood from first word to last. Parts of it choke me up every time I get to them. Like when he says, “For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel
for I did not receive it from any man nor was I taught it but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ…” This leads to a brief but powerful testimony of his conversion. But the part of the segment that so moves me is that this gospel we have believed is not man’s
gospel. No man could have orchestrated such a plan. Such unfathomable grace & sacrifice. No flesh & blood could have the patience to unfold the story of redemption throughout centuries & periods of silence. God awaited “the fullness of time” to send his Son, fully God, fully man,
to live among us and to die on the cross. Then, I can hardly get through the part in chapter 2 where false brothers try to drag them back into slavery to parts of the law & Paul says, “to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel
might be preserved for you.” Good grief. I find in my own life that, in areas where I finally came to walk in the freedom of Christ and his gospel, there’s always something or someone trying to drag me back in. What’s hardest is when it is someone whose approval I’d really want.
I find I have to move quickly on my resistance. I can’t for a moment toy with it or sentimentalize it because that moment can be all it takes for me to slip into my old ways. It’s got to be a fast NO. I won’t go back. I could go on to a point in all six chapters that quickens my
pulse, moves my heart, convicts me to confession or strengthens my resolve. Study Galatians. It’s so powerful & timely. Study Scripture. It’ll change your mind.
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