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Power of Falling From Grace
Power Point:
In the last few years I've had
problems with my left knee. For no
reason at all, it would suddenly just give out on me and I would fall. Until yesterday, I had always fallen gently
and would rise unhurt. Yesterday I had been out doing
errands, and was walking toward the door of the local pharmacy. Suddenly, I
felt my knee shift very hard and down I went, not gently, but a real "face
plant". Both knees hit hard. My arms and wrists and right shoulder hit
hard. (I really need to talk to my
angels about my promise from Psalm 91 that says they will not let me 'stumble
or fall"). My knees are sporting
lovely bruises from the
impact, My wrists hurt as I type and my left arm is reminding me of the trauma.
Falling can be devastating, can't
it? Fortunately, I'm bruised but not
broken. Lately, the Lord has been
reminding me of a type of falling that can be really devastating-it's
called falling from grace.
God's ultimate goal for each of us
is that we grow in grace and in knowledge of Him. Honestly, until we grow in our understanding
of Grace, we will have no real knowledge of Him, because grace is the foundation of who He is and what
He does. Without His help it's WAY past
our understanding.
You probably have had multiple
opportunities to grow in grace through the "grace-growers" that God
has introduced into your life. Things
would be just fine if "they" were not there, right?
The
thing is, on our journey to becoming just like Jesus, grace is the cement that
we need to make our footprints in.
When you think about it, Jesus had quite a few "grace-growers"
in His life didn't He? If God's nature is set in Grace, we have to
be set there too, don't we?
Without
His grace, we cannot love others and we cannot love Him.
Without the Spirit of Grace taking up more room in our hearts, our
thoughts will not bear the right kind of fruit or they will bear NO fruit.
When Jesus walks by your life today,
He's looking to see the fruit of grace there.
You may have started out in grace but then something or someone caused
you to fall from grace. Now your thoughts taste bitter. You find yourself engaging in critical
thinking. Instead of offering God's mercy and grace, you wall yourself off.
Beloved, when you do that, you are walling yourself off from God too. You are
sowing "seeds of gracelessness", which you will reap from eventually.
Is there someone in your life that
needs God's grace more than they need your ungracious correction? Have you forgotten that in your spirit
resides the Spirit of Grace, which always offers grace and mercy? Have you fallen from grace in your thoughts,
words and actions? Well get back up! Ask His forgiveness for misrepresenting
Him. Ask for His help to follow in His
footsteps. Ask for the Spirit of Grace to produce His wonderful fruit in
you. Let the fruit of your lips be His
words of kindness and grace. Let the fruit of your prayers be cemented in
grace. Let the fruit of your life
represent that grace-full heart of God.
When I fell yesterday, God provided
a man to help me up and walk me to my car.
When you fall from grace, the Helper will help you get back on your feet
again. That's why He's called the Spirit of Grace.
Power Thought:
Copyright © 2014, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work
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