God’s Standard Was Never the Problem—Our Supply Was

The Word is no longer a manual I must fulfill—it’s a blueprint of what Christ is building in me.”

A Rooted in Christ Devotional | Infinite & Intimate Series – Interlude
Devotional Credit: Day by Day by Grace by Bob Hoekstra
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God’s commands to Israel were never arbitrary. They were holy, heartfelt, and good. He asked for full devotion—heart, soul, and obedience. But in calling His people upward, the law revealed something essential: the standard was holy, but the power to live it out was absent.

The law demanded righteousness, but offered no hand to achieve it. It reflected God’s character without providing His presence. It was good—but incomplete. As Scripture tells us, “The law made nothing perfect” (Hebrews 7:19). But God had something better in mind.

The law was never the end—it was a pointer to grace. And grace is not a softer demand; it’s a divine supply. Grace is Christ in us—the life that now lives through us what we could never live alone. What God once required, He now fulfills from within.

✍🏼 Personalized Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
My child, I never asked you to obey Me on your own. The commandments were always meant to lead you to Me—
To the moment I would make My home in you.

The law was holy, but it could not transform.
I could.
I now write My Word on your heart, not as burden—but as life.
I walk in you.
I live in you.
I obey through you.

You are no longer under the pressure of performance.
You are under the presence of My Spirit.
And I do not need your strength—I desire your surrender.

(Romans 6:14, Galatians 2:20, Ezekiel 36:26–27, 2 Corinthians 3:3)

🔑 Real-Life Analogy
It’s like receiving a beautiful, detailed manual to build an intricate instrument—but having no tools, no parts, and no hands. Then one day, the Creator steps into the room, places His hands on the design, and says, “This? I’ll build it in you.”

🙏🏼 Prayer of Confidence
Father, thank You that I am no longer under a system that demands what I cannot supply.
You have given me Yourself, and in Christ, every requirement is already fulfilled.
I rest today, not in my resolve to obey, but in the reality that Jesus lives in me.
I rejoice that the life I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
In You, the standard is not lowered—it is fulfilled, perfectly and completely, through grace. Amen.