Have you ever thought about the power of God’s grace?
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
Gracious Father,
Forgive me (us) for underestimating the power of your grace.
Your grace is not a Southern woman with “nice manners.”
Your grace is not a little token of appreciation.
Your grace is not a souvenir from Switzerland.
Your grace is the powerful and profound gift
of hauling a sinful people out of the suffocating mudpit
of our own making.
Your grace came at the high cost
of the life of your perfectly righteous Son.
Your grace not only paid the unpayable debt of our sin
but also imparted to us the righteousness of your Son.
Your grace is not a little creek trickle of grace
but a glacier waterfall of grace
pouring over us and through us,
carving the blunt edges off our rocky hearts
until they soften into the shape
of our loving Savior’s heart.
Your grace will never run out
and will finish its perfect work in us
until the day our Savior returns.
Oh, Lord, may we never underestimate
the profound power of your grace again.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Read 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; John 1:16-17; Titus 2:11-14.
