To many, grace is hard to accept, hard to believe, and hard to receive.
We have been so conditioned to have the same skepticism when a telemarketer tells us, “I’m not trying to sell you anything. I just want to offer you a free trip to Hawaii.” We automatically wonder, “What’s the catch?” because we have all learned to never trust in something that sounds too good to be true.
As we study the Bible, we learn that grace is a gift that costs everything to the giver and nothing to the receiver. It is given to those who don’t deserve it, barely recognize it, and hardly appreciate it. And as I study, I am constantly convicted that God is so much more gracious than me.
I know this because if the truth were told, God saves people I wouldn’t save if I were God. He blesses people I wouldn’t bless, and uses people I wouldn’t use. And that is why I stand in awe of God, and for the sake of the world I am glad He is God and I am not.
He is “the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.” Exodus 34:6
