Amazing Grace

God’s grace. Undeserved and freely given.

It is the soul cry of every believer and a central theme in scripture. 

From God’s covering of Adam and Eve with animal skin in the Garden of Eden to the preservation of the nation of Israel, one can trace His grace in His dealings with mankind. 

We can speak of Noah and Abraham, of Moses and David, of Daniel and Jonah, of Rahab and Ruth to show the history of grace,

all in preparation for what was to come.

In the ultimate act of grace God wrapped the very heart of Heaven in robes of flesh and watched as mankind nailed Him to a tree.

For three days, silence reigned.

Then the beat of the heart of grace was heard again as it burst forth in the resurrection to be celebrated in the lives of the apostles, shared by the early church, and traced through the lineage of faith to me.

God’s grace. Such precious words.

John Newton captured the keeping power of God’s grace well in his famous words,

“Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come.

His grace has brought me safe thus far,

And grace will lead me home.”

He came unto his own, and his own received him not. ¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: ¹³ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth (John 1:11 – 14).

Thank You, Father, for Your amazing grace that saved a wretch like me. Thank You that Your grace saves and keeps. Let those who read these words today know Your amazing grace.

Amazing Grace, John Newton, Public Domain