Grace: getting the opposite of what we deserve!

Grace: getting the opposite of what we deserve!

 
I turn my eyes to you and praise you, Lord God: my Triune, Eternal, Personal and Holy God—utterly other, entirely independent, sincerely sinless and incomprehensibly complex.
 
You created me,
chose me,
cleansed me,
claimed me as your child,
commissioned me to special service,
 
and I stand before you,
dearly loved,
delighted in,
deeply cared for,
doted on
and dependent on you.
 
What a wonder! What I actually deserve as a sinner is condemnation, punishment, eternal separation, failure, suffering, hopelessness, despair, death and hell.
 
But your great and marvelous grace—ever flowing, never ending, always giving—pours continually into our lives, bringing undeserved forgiveness,
gracious cleansing,
ongoing transformation,
needed strengthening,
clear guidance,
great goodness,
positive power
and wide wisdom.
 
To live in the light of your presence, to walk in the shining paths of your righteousness, to bask in the radiance of your love, to see by the brilliant illumination of your Word—these are the privileges of the children of God and we praise you for them.
 
We are saved by grace,
sealed by grace,
sanctified by grace,
strengthened by grace.
 
And in you, Lord Jesus, we are safe, for you are the Most High, you are the Almighty, you are the undefeated and undefeatable One. In you we can rest. Glory be to your Name!
 
Prayer: “I praise you for what your power and grace will do in and through me today, in spite of how I may feel and fail. May all be for your glory. Help me to focus on you, draw my stability, wisdom, strength and understanding from you, Lord Jesus. May I honor you in all I do today. Amen.”
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