Grace To Be

Holiness comes by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross.

Grace provides forgiveness and cleansing from sin. Grace also provides power to walk in holiness which is not based in fulfilling the letter of the law but through love by the empowerment and inspiration of the Holy Spirit in response to the love of God. When I love I am living from the identity of who I really am. God says, “Be holy as I am holy.” Walking in holiness is about resting in a state of being. Jesus has already made me holy!

There is grace for the journey, for the mistakes, for the growing. Only I must not give up on the process of grace. I must not close my heart to that which God desires to give me. I must not persist in unbelief lest I miss out on the full inheritance of that which God desires for me to have—which is full unhindered fellowship with God and His children.

The outcome of faith is the evidence of that which is hoped for and has yet been experienced. Patience, endurance, hope which comes by faith will carry me through until I have taken hold of that for which Christ has taken hold of me.

I know that faith is not just a trick of the mind, for I have already experienced God's interaction with me in so many ways that should remove all doubt—though doubt persists! Though I have not experienced His empowering sustaining grace as of yet should in no way deter me from staking my life on it now!

I should not allow defeat, past repeated failures and associated shame, fear or despair to cause me to believe that I have somehow missed the grace boat. For I am not one who shrinks back from the mercy and grace of God! Though I have failed to fully apprehend its effective power in my life, I have never refused it.

I choose to accept the hardship and trials I have experienced thus far as the training ground ordained by a loving Father who intends for me to succeed and not fail no matter how long or difficult the journey into full surrender and holiness may be!

(Reflections from Hebrews 10-12)