“It” is an amazing thing. It saved Noah from the flood. It saved Lot from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. It exalts servants to become rulers and widows to find new husbands. It brings a child to the barren. It comes by way of Jesus Christ and when we find it we are to abide in it. When we experience it we are to testify to others about it. Through it we believe and will receive salvation. Our faith gives us access to it through Christ. It is sufficient for us to do all things and it can provide for us to do every good work. The proud do not receive it but the humble will find it. It is the inheritance of those that obey Christ. We are stewards of it.
It is Grace. It is kindness we do not deserve. It is the favor of God. Grace does not promise an easy life. It does not promise us luxury and ease. Grace is a gift that we must understand in order to walk uprightly in it. We must always keep in mind our own fallen and broken state so that pride does not rob us of the grace of God. To understand Grace is to become able to walk in lowly circumstances and begin to steward the most precious thing we have ever been given – God’s favor. Grace allows us to engage the broken in a real relationship of reconciliation. Grace permits us to look past the surface. Grace makes it possible to walk in any circumstance and continue to see God working around us.
Behold our shield, O God,
And look upon the face of Your anointed.
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
The LORD gives grace and glory;
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
O LORD of hosts,
How blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Finding grace changes us from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of God. Finding grace is not a one-time event but rather a daily experience found as we walk in obedience to God’s commands. May you find the grace of God and then show the same to others.
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