I believe it was Graham Cooke who said, “A Christian is someone who has been overwhelmed by the majesty of God’s affection, by His empowering presence, and by His total willingness to make you exceptional as a person. He is making you like Him.”
What God wants for you is about being, not doing. There is a vast difference between “working” to abide in God as opposed to “striving” to earn His favor.
We must first peacefully allow ourselves to be, for abiding in Him is about “being.” The “doing” comes after when your faith in God's power is in alignment with your trust in His nature. Only then is your “doing” not wasted or in vain. Otherwise, you're just wasting effort striving under your own power.
It’s a mistake, albeit a very common one, to try and earn what He gives us freely. I’ve said it before, “Salvation isn’t the finish line, it’s the starting block of your relationship with God.” Salvation is free, but your spiritual growth will cost you.
That growth requires breaking old habits and shedding false ideas that disconnect us from our awareness of God’s abiding presence. It’s far more important that we practice and discipline ourselves to stay focused on Him regardless of circumstances we face and observe in our lives.
This usually requires a change in our expectations of Him. Unfortunately, as inhabitants of this world, we have been trained to speculate and react to negative situations rather than respond to heaven’s positive possibilities.
According to Genesis 1:26, God's primary purpose is for us to be formed in His image. His ways are above our ways (Isaiah 55:9) which means our perceptions, mindsets, and emotions are being transformed so that we might speak and act as He would.
Jesus told us that He only did what the Father did (John 5:19), but that is something too few Christians seem to understand.

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