Many of us spend our lives trying to make incremental adjustment to things.
We read self-help books, adopt new habits, and try to become better versions of ourselves. Some of us even try to use Jesus as a resource for our goals: inspiration for our Monday mornings, wisdom for our difficult relationships, comfort for our anxious nights.
We get little verses sent to us on our phones.
We share reels.
The danger is what I call “instrumental faith”—using Jesus as a tool to improve the life we’re already building. The root of our modern word “improve” is financial: to increase the value.
Jesus has no interest in being used as a tool to improve our value.
