Grace Goes On

So many of us sit on the other side of the ravine and let every possible thought stop us from crossing that bridge of grace.
“That’s not my bridge; it’s for someone else.” “I didn’t build it.” “What I have to carry across won’t hold.”
And we live in the cage that is falsehood, choosing to give up because we can’t believe grace is that good. To accept something so great for nothing is foreign to those of us who rest our pride in our own accomplishments.
Yet the grace of God calls us out to meet us where we are. God is the lover of the most unlovable. His grace is for the weak and the strong, because both need it. Without His grace, we cannot cross the ravine, no matter what we do.
Our excuses for settling on the other side of the ravine not only steal our joy, but begin to cover the work done on the cross.
The joy we wait for can only come when we accept that we are as needy today of God’s abundant grace as we were on the day we came to the Lord, and that His offer is the same today as it was on that great day. Freedom comes in knowing our daily life in Christ is as much about grace as our salvation was.
God chose us when we were His enemies. (Rom. 5:10) How much more grace does he offer those who are in Christ! His love does not wait for our works. He is still the great lover of every soul, “browsing among the lilies” and seeking the heart of every soul as his passionate love pursuit.
So let us come with empty hands and honest hearts to receive the grace God so desires to pour out. Let us hold his promises as true – for there is, thank the Lord, no condemnation for those who are in Christ. (Rom 8:1) No matter your place, the offer stands.
Grace is what made us who we are in Christ, and it will be daily grace which leads us home.