There are practical ways in which we each need to apply these words of Jesus, and they're different for each one of us. I think we get a little dismissive of this idea in some of the small things in our lives, especially habitual ways we've come to accept weaknesses over which we have more control than we give ourselves credit. But what if the ramifications are bigger than we think they are?
The resurrected life we're called to live depends on putting more faith in God's revealed plan for us than in our own limited vision. It isn't that God will withhold mercy from us at any point, but the abundant life He wants to give us gets undermined when we fail to walk under His authority.
Now, we need to be on guard against a self-righteous mindset in this, as if we are trying to earn for ourselves what God is freely giving us. After all, it is Christ in us that empowers us to walk in the ways that are best for us.
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