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The Meaning Of Grace

What comes to mind when you think of grace? Many of us understand grace to be ‘undeserved favour’. It’s when we receive something that we don’t deserve, such as forgiveness or mercy. Whilst this is true, grace is more than just undeserved favour or mercy; grace is a person, and His name is Jesus.

It’s easy to dismiss God’s grace as just another Christian concept, but when we really stop to think about what it means, what had to happen for grace to be possible, it is achingly beautiful. Because for grace to be possible, there had to be heartache, pain and death. And not for your or me.…but for Jesus.

Jesus gave up His life so that you and I can have eternal life. He was temporarily separated from His heavenly Father so that we could be united with our heavenly Father. He hung on a cross knowing many would reject Him, but loving them enough to do it anyway. Jesus knew how fallible we all are. He knew we would blame Him for things and would ignore Him. Jesus knew all this. He knew the state of our hearts even then. Yet, He still chose to do it out of love for the Father and for us. That is grace.

God’s grace is a reflection and an extension of His love for us. We can’t earn it and we don’t deserve it. It is a gift. God knows who we are. He knows what we’re capable of. And yet, no matter what mistakes we’ve made, or will make, it won’t cancel out His grace. Because like His love, His grace is endless and beautiful and it is the heart of Jesus. And know that His grace is more than sufficient for you in any situation or season of life.

Written by LEILA ARMSTRONG