"...but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Rom. 5:8
This week I am meditating on what God's grace really means for my life. I mean I talk about Gods grace all the time with people who are hurting & far from God...I often will say "Gods' grace is enough for you...it doesn't matter how far you are from him or where your at...or even what you have done...His grace can reach you no matter what!" While that is absolutely true....I have to tell you that I often struggle with remembering that same truth in my own life. I still struggle from time to time with fully accepting and embracing Gods' grace. Not because God withholds it from me...no it's actually just the opposite ...its because He lasciviouses it all over my life day by day.
This morning as I woke up ... I found myself very hesitant to draw close to God because I felt like I really let him down. I felt so unworthy. I just wanted to run and hide! I don't know about you but sometimes I feel like I sabotage my own spiritual life by willfully making sinful decisions that I know will hinder my intimacy with Him. I end up not doing what I know I should ...and I end up doing the very thing I know I shouldn't do. (***read Romans 7) When this occurs I find myself asking Jesus, how can you still love me?" "Don't you know what I've done...don't you see what I'm struggling with?" And then it happens ... He quietly and with much tenderness takes me back to the cross and reminds me that WHO HE IS and HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME is not tied to what I do or don't do? Its called GRACE! And I can honestly tell you that God's grace was new for me this morning when I read Romasn 5:8! "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
In essence what this word means for you & I this morning is this...God said, "How can I convince them that I love them? How can I show these people the depth of my love ... How can my infinite and indescribable love take form? I know ... I will love them right where they're at! And I won't just love them at the cross but I will continue to love them no matter what they do! The verb tense of this word "shows" literally means that what God did back at the cross for you & I will never stop! His grace will never cease...it will never run dry! There will never be a time where He gives up on you...and where he gives up on me...there will never be a time where HIS GRACE LETS GO!!!! He says My grace is enough for you! My love is without limits!
You see the reality is this...if God chose to love me and pour out His grace to me when I was far from Him...just as I was...how much more will He pour out His grace today! You see the same grace God gave me at the cross is the same grace He gives to me today! How often I forget that truth. Thank You Lord Jesus that your love for me is not tied to what I do or don't do but rather it is tied to the very person of Christ! ..."where sin increased, grace increased all the more, ..." Romans 5:20
Not Ashamed...Bill
This morning as I woke up ... I found myself very hesitant to draw close to God because I felt like I really let him down. I felt so unworthy. I just wanted to run and hide! I don't know about you but sometimes I feel like I sabotage my own spiritual life by willfully making sinful decisions that I know will hinder my intimacy with Him. I end up not doing what I know I should ...and I end up doing the very thing I know I shouldn't do. (***read Romans 7) When this occurs I find myself asking Jesus, how can you still love me?" "Don't you know what I've done...don't you see what I'm struggling with?" And then it happens ... He quietly and with much tenderness takes me back to the cross and reminds me that WHO HE IS and HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME is not tied to what I do or don't do? Its called GRACE! And I can honestly tell you that God's grace was new for me this morning when I read Romasn 5:8! "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
This word "shows" = to come into existence, to take form.
In essence what this word means for you & I this morning is this...God said, "How can I convince them that I love them? How can I show these people the depth of my love ... How can my infinite and indescribable love take form? I know ... I will love them right where they're at! And I won't just love them at the cross but I will continue to love them no matter what they do! The verb tense of this word "shows" literally means that what God did back at the cross for you & I will never stop! His grace will never cease...it will never run dry! There will never be a time where He gives up on you...and where he gives up on me...there will never be a time where HIS GRACE LETS GO!!!! He says My grace is enough for you! My love is without limits!
You see the reality is this...if God chose to love me and pour out His grace to me when I was far from Him...just as I was...how much more will He pour out His grace today! You see the same grace God gave me at the cross is the same grace He gives to me today! How often I forget that truth. Thank You Lord Jesus that your love for me is not tied to what I do or don't do but rather it is tied to the very person of Christ! ..."where sin increased, grace increased all the more, ..." Romans 5:20
Not Ashamed...Bill
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