Friday, May 31, 2019

Fresh Grace


“Through the Lord’s mercies we are
not consumed, because His compassions
they fail not. They are new every morning.
Great is Your faithfulness!”
     Lamentations 3:22-23 (NKJV)

“But He gives more grace. Therefore
He says: ‘God resists the proud, but
gives grace to the humble.’”
     James 4:6 (NKJV)

I’m generally pretty good about being grateful for each day. But earlier this week, I only felt grateful that the day was over.  I’d let my flesh rule me.  My heart just burned over wanting to give my opinion on an issue because I was so pridefully sure I was right—and it was over something so trivial, yet I could not let it go and the matter kept coming back to me again and again.  In addition, I was very frustrated over some tech issues that made it hard and time-consuming to do my work.  Nothing I tried to fix the problems did any good--I even yelled out loud at my computer at one point (at least I was working at home).  At the end of the day, I turned off my computer with disgust at it and myself. 

I went for a walk outside to clear my head and then a verse of Scripture came to me---God is rich in mercy and His compassions never run out; they’re new every day!  He is abundant in grace!  And this doesn’t mean just salvation grace, but also grace for every day of our lives, even when we’re not walking as we should.  If we humble ourselves, God extends grace and mercy to us.  Of course, He doesn’t want us to stay in that condition; instead, He cleans us up and says to start again afresh.  Those truths washed over me and I regained my peace. And I felt true gratitude over all my Lord Jesus has done for me!

Do you need God’s grace and mercy today?  Don’t delay; He’s waiting to give to you richly.

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