THE RADIANCE OF GOD’S GRACE

SCRIPTURE:
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith 
– and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.  
(Ephesians 2:8)

MEDITATION:
One of the most difficult things can do is 
try to look through the eyes of God with the mind and attitude of man.
There are things about God 
that we will never be able to understand with our simple minds.

We may think that God has given us complicated minds, 
but not when compared to the way He thinks.
As an example, the human mind has a philosophy 
of an equal return for favors done.
That line of thinking makes it difficult to understand God’s grace.

“Grace,” according to the dictionary, 
is the unmerited favor of God toward mankind. 
It is a word that is used over 170 times in the New Testament alone.
Grace describes a free gift from God to a needy mankind.

We can hardly comprehend the full meaning of the grace of God.
However, we can see God’s grace in all its splendor 
when we envision Jesus dying on the cross for our sins.
When God helps us to understand the full meaning of His grace, 
we realize that He uses divine, and not human, reasoning.
We also grasp how God can give us salvation through faith 
and not because of anything we do, or have done.

We don’t owe God anything after we express our faith in Jesus, His 
death on the cross for our sins, and His resurrection three days after dying.
However, when our faith is sincere, we will ‘want’ to do things for Him.
We will want to be used by God as instruments of His earthly ministry.
It’s not that we feel an obligation, but rather an act of love and appreciation.

Yes, God’s grace is a reality and it is the cure 
for the problems and sins of humanity.

ACTION:
Have you experienced God’s grace in your own life?
Has it created in you a desire to be used by God?
Do you spend more time with Him and other believers?

Pray,
“Heavenly Father, thank You for Your unmerited favor. Thank 
You for Your free gift of salvation. Thank You for Your willingness 
to use me in Your ministry. Stimulate me to serve You. If it doesn’t 
exist already, create in me a desire to spend more time with You and 
other believers. Help me to accept Your grace by faith, rather than 
trying to figure it out.”