Living by Faith

DEVOTION
GALATIONS
LIVING BY FAITH
Gal 3:10-11
10 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." 11 Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith."
NIV
There is just any question about this at all. It is so plain that if it were any plainer it would jump off the page and slap me in the face. How could I ever think the law was good for anything else than to prove I need Jesus? How could any law or set of regulations which are established to set forth parameters to live by gain me the right to stand before God? How could I ever hope to accomplish all of them without ever failing? How could I be so bold to even think it is possible? How could I ever think that God would render me innocent if I attempted to live up to all the laws of both the Old Testament and those determined by men to be the rules of the New Testament? Is simply seems ridiculous to me. I don’t understand why so many attempt to do that. I can’t believe they are actually trying to be right before God based on their behaviors. I do not get that whole thing at all. There is just not a single thing I can do, or a single thing I stop doing which gives me justification. The only way God renders me innocent is through my faith in Christ. I know, I tell myself all the time to live to please God, but even then I can’t do that successfully. How could I except myself to be perfect and without sin? I probably should think like I could. Others do, or at least they profess they do, but I think they are deceiving themselves. I can’t do that. I have to be honest with myself and with God. I am unable to live up to all the standards of the law and those rules established for correct behavior. I do try to do the right thing; I teach and preach the right thing. I know I have to be the salt, the light and a mirror reflecting God to a lost and dying world. I know I should live in manner which is Christ-like and I do my best to do that, but I still know that does not make me right before God. No, it is just simply faith in Christ, I surely will die based on my behavior, but as surely as that I will live by faith.