Nothing’s free. How often have we heard that if something seems to be too good to be true, it usually is. The world often tries to seduce us into buying something that will cost us far more than originally thought.
That’s true of this world, nothing is freely given. That’s NOT true of our Father God!
“In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will- to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.” [Ephesians 1:4-7 NIV]
We cannot make ourselves acceptable to God; but He, by the grace He FREELY GIVES, makes us accepted in Christ. This is our eternal position which will never change. Because of God’s grace in Christ, we are accepted before Him.
When Paul wrote to Philemon to encourage him to accept his runaway slave, Onesimus, he used the same argument. “If he owes you anything, I will pay it. Receive him as you would receive me”
Grace freely given. Accepted in the Beloved (God’s Son, Jesus the Christ). Every time I struggle with something, God reminds me, GRACE FREELY GIVEN, GRACE FREELY GIVEN, GRACE FREELY GIVEN!
It’s all about grace, grace, grace. The mountains in our lives are not going to be removed with our small shovels of human effort. They are going to be removed because of GRACE FREELY GIVEN at the Cross.
