Grace abounding
Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: exceedingly:
What a wonderful God we serve! How amazing His grace is to all of us who believe. Some where out in life you may have gotten the idea that God loves you because of how good you are or how well you obey. That is not the truth taught here.
God loves you because He is good. He gave the law to show you how much you didn’t deserve His love. Then He said I love you in spite of your failures so that you would be amazed at how good He is.
He loved you like that before you were saved. He loves you in the same way after you are saved. You will never measure up. That is impossible no matter how crippling it is to your pride. He is never impressed with anything you do, good or bad.
So today rest in the fact that He loves you. Your relationship is not works based, oriented, or any other word you could fit in that sentence. He loves you.
Amazing isn’t it!
March 09 2010 08:28 am | Daily Devos
khalid on 10 Mar 2010 at 11:13 am #
amen to that preacher