Jesus came to try to make it as easy for us as He could. He tried to make the Christian life so easy that anybody could live it. He walked those dusty roads and talked to the simple fishermen and the tax collectors and the drunks and harlots to show them that God loved them all and that they could all love God, they could all love each other and serve each other and serve the world with the Gospel.

          God made a way of escape from the impossible burden of perfect adherence to His laws, a way of mercy, a way of forgiveness and grace: salvation. Now nobody has any excuse for blaming their problems on God, because He has made a way out, a way to get the victory, a way to overcome our sins and faults and shortcomings and problems and weaknesses, whatever they may be. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6). He paid the price, made the way, and gave us the truth, and He alone can help us to live the kind of life we ought to live.

          He never asks of any of us a standard that is beyond our individual reach. Whatever He asks, we can do with His help and by His grace, and through His power and His love we can attain it (Philippians 4:13).

          —David Brandt Berg

          If you haven’t yet received Jesus as your Savior, you can right this minute by asking Him to come into your heart. Simply pray:

          Dear Jesus, thank You for giving Your life for me. Please forgive me for the wrong things I’ve done, come into my heart, and give me Your gift of eternal life. Amen.