Psalm 119:55(MSG)
I meditate on your name all night, God, treasuring your revelation, O God.
Grace! Grace! Amazing grace....truly how sweet the sound. On the heals of the music post from yesterday, these words are drawing me into the old treasured hymn, Amazing Grace. The word, grace, is on my mind today, as I am reading the new book by Max Lucado entitled: GRACE. (A book review will be coming soon. I have to finish the book first, of course.)
Reading this verse today and meditating on all that is embodied in the mighty name of God, I am humbled to be called a child of the King! He is so great that admittedly there are times when I feel extremely unworthy to call upon Him in my smallness and continued failings. But, then, I am drawn back to that five letter word, G-R-A-C-E.
I have heard this word described many ways throughout the years, but reading Max's words yesterday, encompassed everything that I believe the word grace means! If you are struggling today with your humanness and perhaps being too hard on yourself...then pause a minute and meditate on the name of Jesus. Or maybe you are thinking that if you could just get everything in your life straightened out and polished up, then you would make a decision to come to Christ....in your best Sunday clothes...all perfectly put together. Guess what? You don't need to do that. You just need to come to Him...like you are...right now. Still don't believe me? Read the following passage from Max's book about Grace. Let his words sink deeply in and bathe you in the loving arms of Christ.
Max Lucado from his book titled: GRACE, writes, "Grace is God as heart surgeon, cracking open your chest, removing your heart--poisoned as it is with pride and pain--and replacing it with his own. Rather than tell you to change, he creates the change. Do you clean up so he can accept you? No, he accepts you and begins cleaning you up. His dream isn't just to get you into heaven but to get heaven into you. What a difference this makes!" (Italics my own.)
Lord,
You are a God with infinite knowledge and wisdom! We praise Your holy name today and thank you for your amazing grace. May it wash completely over each of us as we approach Your throne of forgiveness.
In Your precious Son's name,
Amen
I meditate on your name all night, God, treasuring your revelation, O God.
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| Rest in His grace. |
Reading this verse today and meditating on all that is embodied in the mighty name of God, I am humbled to be called a child of the King! He is so great that admittedly there are times when I feel extremely unworthy to call upon Him in my smallness and continued failings. But, then, I am drawn back to that five letter word, G-R-A-C-E.
I have heard this word described many ways throughout the years, but reading Max's words yesterday, encompassed everything that I believe the word grace means! If you are struggling today with your humanness and perhaps being too hard on yourself...then pause a minute and meditate on the name of Jesus. Or maybe you are thinking that if you could just get everything in your life straightened out and polished up, then you would make a decision to come to Christ....in your best Sunday clothes...all perfectly put together. Guess what? You don't need to do that. You just need to come to Him...like you are...right now. Still don't believe me? Read the following passage from Max's book about Grace. Let his words sink deeply in and bathe you in the loving arms of Christ.
Max Lucado from his book titled: GRACE, writes, "Grace is God as heart surgeon, cracking open your chest, removing your heart--poisoned as it is with pride and pain--and replacing it with his own. Rather than tell you to change, he creates the change. Do you clean up so he can accept you? No, he accepts you and begins cleaning you up. His dream isn't just to get you into heaven but to get heaven into you. What a difference this makes!" (Italics my own.)
Lord,
You are a God with infinite knowledge and wisdom! We praise Your holy name today and thank you for your amazing grace. May it wash completely over each of us as we approach Your throne of forgiveness.
In Your precious Son's name,
Amen
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