You must realize that you can never deserve God's blessings- you can never be worthy of them. You can onlly humbly accept and appreciate them, and be in awe of how good He is and how much He love you. ( Amen to that)
Are you a slave or a son- an heir or a bond servant? An heir is one who receieves something other than by merit, as when property is passed down from one person to another through a will. A bond servant or laborer, in the biblical sense, is one who is weary from trying t o follow the Law. The term denotes burdensome toil and trouble.
(I have wandered around in my life for years as a laborer, trying to be good enough to deserve what God wanted to give me freely by His grace.)
Hebrews 11:6 says
But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must beleive that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him.
Without faith I cannot please God; no matter how many "good works" I offer, it will not please Him if they were done to "earn" His favor. Whatever I do for God should be because I love Him, not because Im trying to get something from Him.
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