Real Hope: Amazing GraceShembull

The Direction Home

A quick trip to the shops, and it seems everyone has the same idea. The first parking spot I found was a hike and a cut lunch away from where I needed to go. The thought ‘I’ll only be five minutes’, flies out the window. I trekked in, got my shopping done, and headed for the car. Um, where did I park again? Have you ever done that? I confess it happens to me more as I get older; I’m more and more geographically challenged. I’m sure I need an app on my phone to guide me back to where I parked.

Being completely lost is a horrible feeling, isn’t it? But it’s not just about feeling physically lost. That sense of being adrift spiritually is so much worse.

God doesn’t want us to feel that way! His grace came to us in the person of Jesus Christ. He brought us the forgiveness we so desperately need so that we never experience the feeling of being lost ever again. He has forgiven us so we can return home. He walked us back to where we parked. He bought us the bus ticket home. He gave us freedom from ‘every lawless deed’ and purified ‘for Himself a people who are His very own, passionate to do what is beautiful in His eyes’ (Titus 2:14 TPT).

Why? For no other reason than He loves us. That’s amazing grace.

Written by CHRIS PARFOOT