Worst Days and Best Days

Tullian Tchividjian post:  Good Days, Bad Days, and God (excerpt)

Well, reading through the manuscript was such a rich experience for me that I went back and picked up some of my favorite Jerry Bridges books and began reading through them again. Recently I read through chapter one of The Discipline of Grace and was once again devotionally wowed by the power of God’s truth explained so clearly and compellingly through Jerry’s pen. In talking about the necessity of the gospel for both the self-righteous and the guilt-ridden he writes:

Pharisee-type believers unconsciously think they have earned God’s blessing through their behavior. Guilt-laden believers  are quite sure they have forfeited God’s blessing through their lack of discipline or their disobedience. Both have forgotten the meaning of grace because they have moved away from the gospel and have slipped into a performance relationship with God…Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.

That’s a keeper. Thank-you “pastor” Jerry for this gospel-soaked reminder.