Acts 15:7-11

⁷ After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. ⁸ God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. ⁹ He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. ¹⁰ Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? ¹¹ No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

As christian I often find myself putting on my self this burden. Do this not that. Be perfect, but not to perfect. This is the yoke that Jesus Christ has taken from us. Why do we still burden ourselves with such depravity? No one can live up to God's standards like this, but we try and make it an atainable goal. I find hope in this, "he purified their hearts by faith." All I need to is have faith. So easy, yet so hard. Paul will later echo this same thought when he writes to the Galations. Galatians 5:6 "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love." I know I am called to love others. I know I am called to have faith in Christ. May God grow these two things in my heart, that I might be His light to the world.