Restore To Me The Joy Of Your Salvation

   Where is the joy of Christianity?With all these effort and reward based teaching parading the church;one cannot help but feel burdened with fulfilling the so called necessities of pleasing GOD.These teachings make GOD look fastidious,very touchy about details,looking out for the smallest transgression to send us to hell.They turn the unconditional love of GOD into some rigorous conditional requirement for pleasing him;Turning the incorruptible image of the Almighty GOD into a villain.The very load of Christianity that CHRIST promised to be light is gradually becoming too heavy.We tire ourselves on the concept of pleasing GOD ,we subtly return to the days of the law,only this time we do it in the name of being a good christian.

How this generation has so soon forgotten the Love of GOD; like the foolish Galatians who has bewitched us,what we have started in the SPIRIT should we now make perfect in the flesh;After starting our christian lives in the SPIRIT,why are you now trying to become perfect by your own effort(Galatian3:1-4).
Look at this very interesting account of Marilyn Adamson an atheist turned christian:
When I was an atheist, sin was never an issue to me. I wasn’t particularly aware of it. I didn’t really experience guilt. But when I became a Christian….whoa. I found out there were things I was doing that God did not want in my life. I also became aware of the need to love others, to read the Bible, to pray, to witness, to disciple others, etc. And at times I thought, “It was way easier being an atheist.” Now that I knew God, I felt a tremendous sense of responsibility to please him with my life. I would read the Bible, read a command, and it seemed that verse after verse I could honestly say, “Yep, good idea. I need to do that more.”
Fortunately God taught me something in Scripture that totally freed me from this highly responsible, performance mind-set, so that I could see God again and deeply enjoy my relationship with him. There is a huge principle in Scripture that is throughout Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, 1&2 Corinthians…it’s all over the place.
Here it is: God does not demand perfection in you. God is not expecting you to measure up. God never thought that you could live the Christian life, nor does he expect that you could actually meet his holy standards. If he thought that you could, he wouldn’t have come to earth to die for you. But he did.
God is aware of the gap between his perfection and your sinfulness. Even as Christians, there is a constant tension within us to try to close that gap, so that we feel more comfortable, so that we feel closer to God. Some will try to close the gap by trying to lower God’s standards: “God doesn’t really mean…” Others will try to close the gap by trying to raise their performance: “I’ll try harder…” What does God say about this gap? It’s there and it will always be there. But you, who have put your faith in Jesus, received him into your life, have been forgiven, declared righteous, precious in his eyes, held in his hand of care. You are completely his and he loves you unconditionally, in spite of the gap.