Residual Return

Hosea 12:6 - "Therefore, return to your God, observe kindness and justice, and wait for your God continually."

If we ever get to the point as Christians when we say we have no need to return to God, then we have set ourselves up in the place of the Pharisees. God the Father told us to be holy and perfect, for He is holy and perfect (Leviticus 19:2). So, to believe we have somehow arrived and we have come to this perfect place of sanctification and holiness is to believe the lie perpetrated since Lucifer challenged God for Lordship. However, this is usually done in much more subtle ways. We might say, "I am a pretty good Christian. I go to prayer meeting plus Sunday services and also work with the kids sometimes." Once we start justifying our so-called position in life we lose our connection with our position in Christ.

If we are truly dead to self and our old ways, we will know we must continue to return to God every time a thought like this arises. Remember, beloved, a rock when dropped will only fall towards its center which is the earth. It is the law of gravity. The law of love tells us we must fall into the arms of the Savior. Otherwise, to prevent this fall only means we have fallen from grace.