*Note: this is part of the Seeking Him Together Bible Study, though everyone's welcome! Here are some ways to participate:
- You can blog about one or all of the discussion questions, then leave a link in the comment over in the comments section of the post written by the lovely Melissa at Breath of Life, who is our hostess this week -and/or-
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- You can leave comments here on this post....
How has your understanding of grace been helped or challenged this week?
Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace -Augustine
I think maybe I've always thought of grace as my life preserver. I chose to dive into the sea of sin, and God was Amazing and Incredible and Gracious enough to send me a way to stay afloat in the trouble I got myself into. And the part that I just marveled is that He was willing to let unworthy, undeserving me into eternity with Him even though I constantly struggle against Him. All true.
However, when looking over my notes in preparation for this post, I realized that I haven't fully explored all the features that come with Grace.
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8)I love the idea of exploring Grace more thoroughly, and I feel like a girl who just discovered Ctrl+A or Ctrl+Z or Ctrl+T on my computer. All this time I had been highlighting everything manually or hitting 'edit, undo' or opening new tabs the old fashioned way or whatever and then, my eyes are open that there is an entire new set of keys that can make my life easier and they've been there all along!
And even more so for Grace! This last chapter opened my eyes that there is more to Grace than I first knew. It's hard to put into words, but I think that my heart is in the process of understanding that Grace is not just a life preserver to hang on to until I get to heaven- it's a vehicle to get to where He's leading me while I'm here on earth. As long as I'm trying to do ANY good work without Grace, I'm not doing myself any favors. But once I humble myself and ask God what He means by 'abounding in every good work'- I'm pretty sure there's no limit to what He can do!
I'm so looking forward to seeing what that looks like in action! It's time to jump in and see what else this Amazing Grace can do....
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need
Hebrews 4:16
that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need
Hebrews 4:16
next week: Holiness!
6 comments:
I didn't know about these shortcut keys! And now I need to think more broadly about Grace, as well.
I too am beginning to think more broadly about grace. Lovely post!
Grace is not just a life preserver to hang on to until I get to heaven- it's a vehicle to get to where He's leading me while I'm here on earth.
Love that picture.
Suddenly Todd Agnew's Grace Like Rain popped into my head.
oooohh what does ctrl+Z do? I dont know that one! I didnt know ctrl+A until you mentioned it!
yay!
I am coming to understand that God's grace is a catalyst for me to understand how to truly rest in Him.
Did you know that if you hit F11 that you can expand your screen to fill the whole monitor? (then just hit F11 again to reduce it.) I did know about the other shortcuts you mentioned earlier; but just learned this trick today!
1. You need to tell me what all the control functions on my computer do. For I am blind and want to see. ;)
2. I marvel at your writing. I wish you would do a devo. You just take me with you each time I read about this study or in your posts. Lurve the life preserver image. Lurve, I tell you!
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