Journey Of Grace

Journey of Grace

Selected verses

Introduction-

If you only had 24 hours to live would it change the things you do and the things you say?

If you knew someone only had 24 hours- Would you change your plans to see them?

I would hope it would-

Good morning everyone-

We do not know what a day will bring- we are not able to see the future but we can prepare for the future.

There are certain things you can do and there are certain things to avoid.

We call that life!

Life is a time period that we have to live and make our mark on this earth.

That is the time given to us by God to accept the gift of salvation and eternal life with Him. We will live forever but where we spend eternity is by the decisions that we make in our lifetime.

There are so many people that have regrets in this life because they either thought they had more time or choose to ignore the things God was trying to show them.

Life is from first breath to last breathe. What you do in that period of time is your journey.

This morning let’s talk about that dash of time called your journey and life and see what God says about it.

Let’s pray

Father in the name of Jesus I pray that as each one of us looks at our journey, that period of time we have on this earth, may we be wise and look to you for your guidance and make the most important decision of our life and that is to accept what you have done on the cross for us. in Jesus name. Amen.

King David wrote Psalm 37:25- “I was young and now am old.” He was right- time gets away from us quickly. That verse has more and more meaning to me as I get older.

I see life in a different perspective than I did at 20-25.

When I was younger I thought I would live forever, even now after I got Covid-19 Pneumonia, I realize that things come up in life that can knock you off your horse.

I don’t see things the same as I did when I was first a Christian, I would hope I see the bigger picture and when you think that you live such a short time on this earth compared to eternity.

A dash, a period of time which we cannot know how long we live or to what health we could have while we live it.

Everyone loves living on the mountaintops but no one loves living in the valleys of life.

Where you sit determines what you see and what you see determines what you do. I don’t know who said it but it certainly is true.

What we do with our life will determine where we spend eternity- Do you think it important to get it right?

Only a fool would think that they could live an entire life on the mountaintop and then be mad at God when they are not.

Only a fool would think that they will never get out of the valley they are in-

Mountaintops and low valleys are all part of the journey.

Every person should desire to find purpose and fulfillment in their life.

Inside of us is a God given void that can only be filled by God.

You can in your journey try to fill it with many things but the only true thing that fills that void is a relationship with God.

On our journey God speaks to us and tries to direct us toward a relationship with Him.

It is not forced but especially in the West, we would never be able to stand before God and say that He did not numerous times in our journey reach out and move us toward Him.

Though our journeys have different elements, our journey should move us from unbeliever to believer. From sinner who is lost in their sins to sinner saved by God’s grace and God’s mercy leading us to eternal life with Him.

God’s grace- God’s riches at Christ expense-

Grace is God giving us what we do not deserve.

Mercy is God not giving us what we deserve.

I believe that God purposefully gives us numerous times to experience His love and His Holy Spirit wanting to draw us to Himself.

God draws you to Himself (Prevenient Grace)

Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this; while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

While you and I were doing our own thing- Christ died for our sins-

He draws close to us wanting us to have a relationship with Him. He made the first move.

We think we found God. He found us and we responded to his love.