Yesterday was a day of grace, as I was reminded over and over of the grace of God in mine and others lives. I spoke at the funeral of a saintly lady (almost 85) who loved the Lord and served him in all aspects of her life. I was so presently aware of God’s hand of grace to save and keep the believer. Jesus’s words in John 10:28 just came flooding into my soul, not as some fundamental principle to preach, but a lavishing of the love and care of God to tenderly save, hold and keep those He has made His own through the Son, Jesus Christ. It truly was overwhelming moment of grace.
John 10:28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; Neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand.
In our Wednesday service last night I was closing out a study of Psalm 145 (18-21) and one author made reference to the grace of God David was experiencing. It was like grace was splashing off the page of the written Word and soaking me once again in a fresh reality of His grace in my life. I spoke of how God’s grace is ACCESSIBLE (the Lord is near to all who call). Just like a friend (to sinners) God says, “Come and see Me!” He is the God of all grace (1 Peter 5:10) and when we come to His accessible throne of grace we the believer find more grace for everything we need and are facing! I spoke of how God’s grace is FULL and how we cannot exhaust the inexhaustible grace of God. He has an endless supply and all that He does is filled full of grace. He is “grace upon grace” (John 1:16) toward us so that we through His Spirit might be filled with the fullness of Him. (Eph 3:19-20). And I spoke of God’s grace as EVIDENT to the believer. Grace is irrefutable in the true believer’s life. The apostle Paul says, “I am what I am by the grace of God …” (1 Cor 15:10) Such a claim is not some excuse filled cop out of life, but all the more a life of remembering what he use to be and what he was now, and the difference between the two being GOD’S GRACE! Amazing it is that God shows us, make evident the richness of His grace toward us in Christ Jesus! (Eph 2:7). As I was concluding I shared the following quote from Richard Straus
“Whether it is grace for salvation, grace for sanctification, grace for service, grace for suffering, grace to keep us singing, grace to govern our speech, or grace for any other need, we experience it by believing God, believing that we need His grace, that He has enough available to help us, that He is willing to share it with us, and that it will be adequate to transform our burdens into blessing.”
Yesterday I was engulfed in the grace of God, and today … I am a “grace-man” living in the undeserved grace of God. I praise You my gracious God!
Peace & Glorify~
