I’ve been praying about what to share, and the topic seems to keep coming back to Grace. Sometimes I get a topic that I just don’t even know if I have words for, so here goes.
What is grace? How would you define grace? To me, it’s unmerited favor. Getting something that we have no business getting, but God sees it fit to give it to us anyway.
As I look over my life, I see where God has shown me with His grace, and as a result, I’m grateful. He’s put me in places that I have no business being in. He’s allowing me, me of all people to write about His goodness, and I know it can only be grace. I’m undeserving of being used, and I know it, but He doesn’t hold it against me. As long as I keep being willing and obedient, He can keep using me.
He’s also teaching me that by me receiving His grace, it’s not just for me to hold on to it and be stingy. In turn, I have to learn how to extend grace, no matter what the situation and no matter how difficult it is. Grace means that I will learn how to extend love to others, even under difficult situations.
I think embodied in the Fruits of the Spirit, there’s grace. Mixed into ‘love, joy, peace,forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control’ is the ability where grace grows.
As God changes our hearts and teaches us, we become more and more like Him. Please don’t get me wrong, this is a difficult and sometimes almost overwhelming process, but then that’s where He reminds us that ‘His grace is sufficient for us’ and it encourages us to go just one more step that we know is beyond our carnal self.
Dear Heavenly Father, growing to be like you is hard, and many times I won’t get it right, but thank you that your grace is sufficient. Please strip away self from me and allow me to grow in your grace and wisdom. When others see me, let them see you.