But grow in grace… – 2Pe 3:18
Grace, just like faith, is not a topic or theme
that can be exhausted in a 10-part WhatsApp series. Grace is multifaceted and
multi-layered. It’s a thread that runs through from Genesis down to Revelation.
In God’s dealings with Man, His actions have always been positively
disproportionate.
But only the discerning are aware of this gracious principle of God. If God actually follows the so-called “law of
sowing and reaping” (which, strictly speaking, was referencing seasons), none
of us would be where we are today.
His Grace – giving us what we don’t deserve;
and His Mercy – NOT giving us what we do
deserve has been the overriding factor in our lives, long before we even got
saved. Exceptional persons under the Old Covenant like Moses, David, Jonah,
etc. knew this principle and exploited it to full effect. They saw beyond the
bulls and the goats or the rules and the regulations to know that God was not
really dealing with them based on their actions.
Contrary to our perception of the Old
Testament, people didn’t really die immediately they transgressed; if that were
really true there would have been no one left in Israel for the Messiah to come
through. Nevertheless, many never saw it that way; and even today, many
Believers still think God’s favour to them is proportional to their acts of
spiritualty.
That’s why we hear testimonies like, “I went on 21 days dry fasting and God
answered me!” or “after 10 years of
barrenness, I decided to sow my car into the church, and I got pregnant that
same year!” Seriously? A car for a human life? Even in our “thanksgiving”
we insult God’s graciousness; and by doing so, we place a cap on what He can do
in our lives.
God wants to receive ALL the glory. There’s a
limited set of blessings that your ‘diligent’ Christianity qualifies you for.
But blessed is the one who’s wise enough to step into the sphere of God’s
unmerited favour; where what they get is overwhelmingly disproportionate to
what they do. Where they offer a thousand bulls, and get a trillion dollars in
return (Solomon); where they ask to build a temple, and have their dynasty
established forever (David); where they believe God for children, and God
counts it as Righteousness (Abraham).
This ‘unfairness’ of God is available to all.
But only those who are discerning will enjoy it to the fullest. Some people
simply believed God for salvation and stopped there. But others who realise
this principle affects every facet of life have decided to “grow in (this)
grace” and have opened themselves to receive the unmerited, unqualified,
disproportionate and ‘unfair’ blessings of God.
May that be your portion in Jesus name.
AMEN.
More Blessings await
you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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