Is it true when people say not only are we not what we should be but we also are not what we could be? It implies that there is something missing besides Christ’s finished work on our behalf. According to the Bible we are not taught to reflect on “would’a, could’a, should’a,” but to look to Christ alone. All of our sin, even our seasons of lethargy, were all put away by Christ on HIS cross, Colossians 2:14. We have peace with God and in our mind and heart, we rest in Him, knowing that we are exactly what we should be and there is no ‘could be’ otherwise.

Matthew 6:27 states, “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?” Therefore, the answer to our question is, “No it is not true that if we would but act, things would fall out differently.” Nor should there be anything more done by us than what HE has already done on our behalf! We are complete in HIM! Colossians 2:10. Take heart my friend, trust Christ’s work alone; look not to anything in yourself, even though you believe it to be God given strength. Rather, let us pray as He taught us in Matthew 6, “LORD, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, amen.”