There are but few attributes of God’s character shown to fallen man alone. Included in this special handful is grace. The only qualification for reception is unworthiness. The only prerequisite, sin.
Sin necessitates grace. We do not pursue grace, instead grace is sent in search of us. And it is when grace comes knocking at our doors that we are expected to respond.
God’s highest joy is to bestow the gift of grace on undeserving mortals. Yet there must be a mutual transaction. When God freely gives, we must reciprocate by graciously accepting.
"We are debtors to the world for the grace given us of God…"**
Will others see glimpses of grace in you?
* Heavenly Places, 34
** Christian Service, 10
So beyond me...
ReplyDeleteAfter time and again not having qualifications...not being able to achieve prerequisites...I have the ability to grasp _this_? If Grace was a person he would be, as someone once put it to me, the one from whom I have the right to receive nothing, but who gives me everything. Grace is? You mean He really is?
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