Grace
March 8, 2010 in Pow(e)rful by Stephan Joubert
written by Stephan Joubert
I’m sold out to Philip Yancey’s definition of grace. He says that there is nothing we can do to make God love us less, and there is nothing we can do to make God love us more. He loves us regardless. God loves us on Christ’s behalf. He loves us despite ourselves and not because of who we are. God’s unmentionable love is never performance-driven, but always relationship-driven. Listen again… He doesn’t look at who does the most for Him and then loves those people more. Even less does He love us more for obedience and less when we fail.
God is our Father. That’s why his love for us happens without that performance clause that’s flourishing everywhere in the business world. Grace is nothing different than God’s free caring for us. Grace is a godly verb. It tells us that Jesus is on our heels with a handful of goodness. That’s why grace is a rest-word for you and me. Now then, stop running. Go rest in God’s arms.
