Devotions to help you on your journey of healing.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Romans 4:13-15 If those who get what God gives them only get it by doing everything they are told to do and filling out all the right forms properly signed, that eliminates personal trust completely and turns the promise into an ironclad contract! That's not a holy promise; that's a business deal…But if there is no contract in the first place, simply a promise—and God's promise at that—you can't break it.

God’s goodness and grace just IS.  It is truly a gift.  God doesn’t make deals with us about it, that would give us too much credit.  That would negate the gift.  If we were involved in any way in the earning of his grace on our lives, of his blessings, of his goodness, of his forgiveness…that would weaken the message of him.  It actually completely changes the definition of what grace is. 

In what areas am I wheelin’ and dealin’ with God?  What areas of my life am I still striving in to be the perfect Christian, the best example of a godly woman?  Can I do MY best, knowing that it may not THE best, and rest in God’s gift of grace to cover it?

Lord, thank you for your grace.  Thanks for not going into a business contract with me, and letting me feel like I owe you, like I’ve got to hold up my end of the bargain or the deal is off between us.  Thanks for just taking care of me, and for holding out your gift for me to receive.  I’m so relieved.

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