STUNNED BY GRACE by Max Lucado Ive never been surprised by Gods judgment, but Im still stunned by his grace. Gods judgment has never been a problem for me. In fact, it always seemed right. Lightning bolts on Sodom. Fire on Gomorrah. Good job, God. Egyptians swallowed in the Red Sea. They had it coming. Forty years of wandering to loosen the stiff necks of the Israelites? Wouldve done it myself. Ananias and Sapphira? You bet. Discipline is easy for me to swallow. Logical to assimilate. Manageable and appropriate. But Gods grace? Anything but. Examples? How much time do you have? David the psalmist becomes David the voyeur, but by Gods grace becomes David the psalmist again. Peter denied Christ before he preached Christ. Zacchaeus, the crook. The cleanest part of his life was the money hed laundered. But Jesus still had time for him. The thief on the cross: hellbent and hung-out-to-die one minute, heaven-bound and smiling the next. Story after story. Prayer after prayer. Surprise after surprise. Seems that God is looking more for ways to get us home than for ways to keep us out. I challenge you to find one soul who came to God seeking grace and did not find it. Search the pages. Read the stories. Envision the encounters. Find one person who came seeking a second chance and left with a stern lecture. I dare you. Search.You wont find it. Learn from this grace of God and come boldly unto His throne of grace and honestly seek mercy and grace - for our Heavenly Father is rich in it. (Eph. 2:4-8; Heb. 4:16) Happy New year in Advance friends. Cheers!!!!
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:38:32 +0000
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