Jude 1-2: Sanctified and Preserved

Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

According to Jude, life in God is easy we are sactified (other versions read “beloved”) and we are preserved. How much easier could we have it. The work has already been done, are position is secure and the only one that can mess up this perfect arrangement is us.

How much easier could it get, He has sanctified and He is preserving… but that is too easy for us. We feel the need to strive, we feel the need to prove ourselves, we are compelled to try harder to be something He has already declared us to be.

The fact is that it is often in this striving that we actually find ourselves falling into sin. We assume that His yoke cannot be as easy and light as He says it is. We pull at the yoke, instead of letting go and “learning of Him”.

Today let’s give ourselves away to this reality – the let’s rest in who He is and the provision that He has provided.