Examining Grace

Grace: what a concept! Unmerited favor--for merited would not be favor but payback.

Grace--derived from "rejoice"--and when we experience grace, we can only respond with rejoicing and awed hearts, because we don't "deserve" grace.

Grace: said to be descriptive of God's favor, His forgiving mercy, the Gospel (of grace of course), gifts (spiritual), and eternal life.

Grace: the source of salvation, call of God, faith (Ephesians 2:8-9), justification, forgiveness, and that blessed comfort.

Grace: described as all-abundant, all-sufficient, glorious, great, manifold, and rich.

Grace: believers are under it, receive it, stand in it, abound in it, are to be strong in it, grow in it, speak with it, and will inherit it.

Grace: who can wrap his or her mind around such a gift as this?

It is more than one package can contain or hold, yet it is small enough for the the heart to encompass.

It is beyond the most mature believer to fully comprehend, but grace is not out of reach for the newest or youngest to receive and rejoice in.

Grace, grace--God's grace.