There is a freedom that lingers in the sweet presence of the Lord. It calls you to remember the reason of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Why He gave His life for someone like me and you who could never repay Him or even the scales of what we owe. He took on the form of sin, so that we did not have to be bound by it. Freedom.
There is a praise that lives on the inside of my heart for the One who saw me in all my sin, rebelliousness, and shame and still desired to live in my heart. Still desired a relationship with me and you. He saw us in our shortcomings and downfalls and still thought enough of us to give us His love. His Grace. This Grace.
This Grace is the Grace that covers us, protects us, feeds us, enlightens us, empowers us, strengthens us, and saves us. It leads us and Guides us. It is with us daily. Jesus is God’s grace. He is God’s favor to all mankind. It is through this Grace that we are saved. It is this Grace that we are washed clean, made new and walking in the righteousness of God. This unmerited favor of the life He gave so that we can live free and be made accepted in the Beloved.
This Grace overwhelms my heart and my mind when I think about the sins and offenses that we commit daily, are being forgiven because of the grace of Him who gave it. This Grace allows me to apologize for my sin and turn my heart from those things that would bring me guilt, shame, and death. It calls me to repent. This Grace is love that knows no bounds and it reaches even into the very depth of our pits to pull us out of trouble and damnation. What are you shackled to today that keeps you bound and feeling hopeless in the Lord? Today I want you to remember this Grace! This Grace that forgives us for all our sins and gives us a new heart. A new mind and a new spirit. This Grace that ushers us in to the love, presence, and acceptance of the Lord.
The Father accepts us and remembers our sins no more, simply because of this Grace!
Our Father in heaven looked through thousands of generations and saw that He had a people who would seek and desire Him. Though these people were and are not perfect, these people would love Him and want to see His love and mercy throughout all the people in all the world. He saw that we would need Him to be present in our hearts and in our minds along the way. These people would need to set free from the weight of sinfulness and the condemnation that it brought and because of the loving Father that He is, He gave us this Grace to make a way.
These people who love the Lord, the Lord loves them back.
He did not require us to be perfect. He did not ask us to be powerful and rich on our own accord. He simply accepts us because of His Grace that we have chosen to believe in. His grace that bridges our hearts, minds, and spirits to the heart of the Father, that we will be accepted as His own. It is His Grace that makes us holy and without blame before our Father (Ephesians 1). It cause us be sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father and Heirs with Christ.
Where there is a void, where there is hurt, trauma, and pain, when we are lost and lonely or caught up in trouble and cannot see our way out. Even when we are needing to be refreshed, renewed and revived in the word of God, this Grace brings all things under the love and mercy of God. It heals all wounds and redeems all hearts and minds. When we accept, believe in and walk in this Grace, this Grace fills us with the substance of God and sets the captives free.
Today we just praise, thank and honor God for this Grace!!