Perfection at all costs was my mantra. Perfection of myself, perfection of others, perfection of the method of perfecting myself. You notice the main subject here is "myself". When my mind is stayed upon the truth (Galations 2:19-20). There's so much less traffic in my head (which = peace) - only one repeating thought. "I am dead, Christ lives in me - I am dead, Christ lives in me - I am dead, Christ lives in me." There is then no Daun left, and what does come by effort in raising myself is just that, me trying to prop myself up again. Because I am dead and Christ lives in me, this means my desires, my wants, my selfish driving force is also dead. I am no longer my own, the desires, wants and power of Christ live in me. I am not a slave to myself anymore, I have been freed and raised with Christ and His will is completed in and through me.
What a miracle, the freedom that was bought with the precious blood of the willing Lamb of God.
"I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly." For Jesus to have come so that "we may have life" it is understood that we must have been dead. He did not say I have come to add more life to your life, He said "I have come so you may live." Outside of Jesus Christ, there is no life. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I was lost, but now I'm found, was blind but now I see.