Faith or fear?

Mark Lauterbach considers what it means to trust in Christ rather than our own obedience:

To all appearances two people can be doing almost identical things as parents or making identical decisions as leaders -- but their lives can be totally different in heart. The difference is that one person can obey out of fear. The other can obey out of faith. And that is a huge difference. The difference ties to the interceding savior.

Good stuff. I recommend the whole article.