The grace of God is one of
those things that I cannot let go of.
Each time I let my mind run with thinking about His grace it goes in
directions that get me more and more excited about what God has done and what
He can do. Grace changes me. Grace changes others as it takes hold of me.
I have spent time this
week writing about, studying, reading and thinking about grace. Then I began to go through older notes I have
written about the grace of God. In the
rest of this post I have compiled some things that stuck out to me.
And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good
works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and
undeserved.
Grace is best explained as something that God does. We can act graciously or with grace, yet our
action falls way short of the actions of God.
His grace is radical or maybe even crazy.
Grace
is the “inexhaustible capacity” of God. As humans we cannot duplicate it
or even understand it. That is why grace is so amazing. May we
allow ourselves to get lost in the overflow of God’s grace and help others
experience it like they never have before. We serve an awesome God who
offers us amazing grace!
“Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's
grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need
of God's grace.” Jerry Bridges
Where does that leave us in comparison to
God’s grace? The more I study grace, the
less I see that I understand grace. The
more I think about God’s grace, the more I am overwhelmed by and compelled
toward His grace.
“Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain
that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.” Martin
Luther
The
best way to see how grace lives is to see how Jesus lives through our
lives. Have you ever known someone who changed? They at one point
were selfish, but one day you noticed they were a bit selfless. Maybe you
noticed a person that seemed to be cold but sometime later they were
compassionate. That is the results of
grace.
Grace
is God living through us. Grace lives by us allowing God to do what He
does best. Grace is not only a spiritual concept that many people think
is unreachable. Grace is full of meaning. Grace is Jesus’ life
flowing through our lives as we empty ourselves and let Him live. That is
the least we can do after God has done so much for us.
All of this is for your benefit. And as
God's grace reaches more and more people, there will be great
thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.
We
have to live by God's grace. Nothing more and nothing less. We need
to understand that God deals with us based on His grace, and we are now to deal
with others based upon that same kind of grace. What happens when we do?
People see Jesus.
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