"In our intent we abide in God, and faithfully trust to have mercy and grace; and this is His own working in us."
Julian of Norwich (ch. 52)
We are human. We are weak. God knows this, He knows we are like dust that blows in the wind or flowers that fade in the heat. He doesn't expect us to be perfect. We are going to fail sometimes, even doubt sometimes. God knows this, He knows we are weak. That is why He has bonded with us forever, infusing us with His strength, His power, His wisdom, His confidence. Christ is one with us. He is in us by the Holy Spirit, always upholding us in life. We don't need to have our own strength or wisdom or faith or obedience, because Christ is in us and we have His strength and wisdom and faith and obedience. We find that deep down, even in the failures and struggles, there is still an intent and inner will that sticks with God and trusts in God's mercy and grace. This is the very faith of Christ within us! He infuses us with His own trust, His own iron resolve to abide in the Father. His faith is our faith. And that's the faith we live by. We don't even have to manufacture our own faith or worry if our faith is good enough. Christ in us has faith for us and through us, and His faith is perfect. We don't have to worry if we will stay with God or stick with God, because Christ in us always abides in the Father, stays with Him, and makes us to abide in His abiding. We are truly carried along by Christ and His Life! With Christ upholding us like this, how can we fail? We can't. We cannot fail in God's eyes!
I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
A Prayer: Thank You that I'm not expected to live this life or struggle to muster up perfect behavior. Thank You, Jesus, for living the perfect life of love and trust in me, through me, every day!