Come Empty-Handed: The Trap of Performance

We want to hear from You! Send us a Text! What if our biggest barrier to experiencing the love of God isn't our moral failures, but our obsession with our own performance? In this episode, we dive into the sharp intersection of 1 John 3:16-24 and Luke 14:15-24. Sitting at a tense dinner party, Jesus completely upends our cultural definitions of worth, achievement, and love.We often live by an internal ledger, frantically trying to balance our books and prove our value through our work, our businesses, or our reputations. But a life built on performance leaves no room for mistakes, no room for repentance, and ultimately, no room to receive grace. True Christian love requires us to lay down our lives—but you cannot lay down a life you are desperately trying to protect.Join us as we explore what it means to drop the ledger, abandon the transaction, and pull up a seat at the feast with completely empty hands.Support the show