By His Grace

December 2

God dwells in perfection. He is perfection. He is enveloped in light. He is light. He exudes mercy. He is mercy. He possesses all goodness. He is goodness. The reality of who He is exceeds anything we have the ability to imagine, for we are steeped in corruption; we are weighted down by sin.

It is rather like there is a quicksand of negativity that grasps us and sucks us and swallows us deeper and ever more completely into itself. We are helpless to escape from its grasp because its tentacles are so much a part of who we are that we hardly recognize they are there. We are so addicted to sin that we enjoy it.

We don’t fight against it because we look forward to it, we plan for it, we run to it. Given our proclivity to indulge sin, it seems there is virtually no way we can escape it. Indeed, nothing within ourselves can free us, but the Lord has sent a search and rescue team to find us and to deliver us! Jesus found us and the Holy Spirit beckons us into the Arc of Safety the Lord has supplied!

Praise God! “Because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy made us alive with Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses and sin! It is by His grace you have been saved” Ephesians 2:4-5. Can there be any lovelier words than those? He who is perfect light, who abides in goodness, extends His mercy to rescue we who are laden with sin—just because HE loves us! Thank You, JESUS!