Grace Wins Every Time
As I sit here this morning pondering what I have witnessed in the last 48 hours. The main thought resonating most with my spirit, are the words to an old hymn of the church.
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus name! On Christ the solid rock I stand! All other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand! (By Edward Mote and William B Bradbury)
Im thinking when the words were penned, maybe the writers felt the personnel issues they faced, were similar to what society feels today.
The Political theatre and saga nationally we are witnessing, moment by moment continually stoops lower than anyone ever thought possible.
Make no mistake the accuser, those willing to do the bidding of the accuser and all of hell are more active now, than any other time in history. The effects are far reaching felt by everyone, no stone is left, unturned.
Ephesians 6:10-12 MSG
10-12 And that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything the Devil throws your way. This is no afternoon athletic contest that we’ll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.
Children have a way of controlling our life do they not – I heard about a young boy who received a harmonica for Christmas from his uncle. After the first of the year he saw his uncle for the first time since receiving the harmonica.
With a large smile he said, “Thanks for the harmonica you gave me for Christmas," "It’s the best present I ever got."
"That’s great," replied his uncle. "Do you know how to play it?"
"Oh, I don’t play it," the little fellow replied. "My mom gives me a dollar a day not to play it during the day and my dad gives me five dollars a week not to play it at night!"
What we are hearing nonstop everyday is, the choir of hell relentlessly distracting the masses blowing their horns.
While everyone would be willing to give a few bucks to make the noise and threats go away, a donation in a wrong place won’t make a difference. But a investment in the right place will make all the difference!
Wishing something would go away is the equivalent of what the Bible refers to as, “with man nothing is possible!”
Trusting in God and His Grace as being sufficient for every need, no matter what the need, makes everything possible!
Circumstances will always take your focus away from Grace! No matter what circumstances are saying, or trying to dictate are going to happen, Grace always Wins!
In every generation, the accuser has reinvented the same old lies of fear and condemnation. Only his tactics are more overt and have gotten more brash and unbelievable to the point of far to many, have come to start believing the lies!
God knew there would be chaos and times of uncertainty in the world. That’s why God gave us a relevant word, for every situation and for every generation!
God would have me tell you today, two words to give you comfort and peace! Grace Wins! That’s right! Grace won yesterday and Grace wins today and Grace, no matter how things may appear to be tomorrow and the rest of eternity Wins!
Romans 13:1 NKJ
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God
Well, do you know who the president is? Doesn’t matter Grace Wins! More importantly God knows who the president is. And God knew who the president was eight years ago, 28 years ago and 128 years ago! At all times Grace has been and will always be Victorious!
Well I don’t like the way he’s doing things. Public opinion doesn’t matter, because Grace still Wins!
The same has been said of prior presidents, of prior kings and monarchs, of just about every elected or appointed official since the beginning of time and Grace has always been victorious!
God’s promises are relevant and God’s words are timely for every occasion and every generation! The words Jesus spoke right before His heavenly ascension hold as much weight today, as the day He spoke them! Jesus said;
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
What Jesus was referring to was, the gift of the Holy Spirit! Jesus knew everyone would not be able to receive the peace He was leaving, but His followers and anyone else willing to believe, would and could always have peace Grace delivered if they were willing to embrace and walk in the peace His father continually provides!
The Holy Spirit, God with us, has never left our side and continually carries out the deliverance, assurance and Power of Gods Amazing Grace!
So many people around the world are worried from world catastrophes and elections, and the consequences of them to the next.
They live their lives in fear and the way they act is ruled by what happens on the news and what they are told to believe.
Far too many are worried about what they own, while forgetting the fact, God owns it all!
God instructs us to not worry about what will happen, but to trust His plan for our lives! TBS. “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
If you watch the news all the time, you are witnessing a minute by minute saga of the relentless attack of the devil on all of humanity!
Think about how many times you or someone you know have said, “there is never anything good on the news!”
If what you are seeing does not give peace about life, Guess what? What you are seeing is not of God!
What you are seeing is an attack of the principalities of darkness! A distraction from the word and the promise, Jesus not only left you! But had to die first, then conquer death and arose from the grave to leave you!
God’s Grace came at great expense!
Jesus already experienced the worst of all days, so you would never have to go through bad days or chaotic times willingly!
Joshua 24:15 The Message (MSG)
15 “If you decide that it’s a bad thing to worship God, then choose a god you’d rather serve—and do it today. Choose one of the gods your ancestors worshiped from the country beyond The River, or one of the gods of the Amorites, on whose land you’re now living. As for me and my family, we’ll worship God.”
Everyday brings the choice, to either be deceived by what you see or to trust and believe what you know is truth! God’s Grace is Truth Delivered! You have to really use discernment and trust God is in control of every situation.
Sometimes I think Christians need to be reminded, as long as God is on their side, there is nothing can come against them, no matter what is reported or how bad things may seem to be.
Not earthquakes, not hurricanes, (Grace Wins!)
not revolts or uprisings in other lands, (Grace still Wins!)
not government misspending or whatever the price of oil decides to go to, or record breaking temperature changes of hot or cold, or anything else the father of all lies can conjure up! (That’s right, Grace Always Wins!)
Grace not only Wins, we...if we are willing to put our trust in Jesus and the relationship we have with Him...We Win Too!
God has already made provision for His children to live His abundant, preplanned life created especially for them, in spite of every situation we will ever come up against and nothing can alter Gods plan for His people or His Triumphant Return!
As Christians, we need to grasp hold of the Promise of Grace and Peace God has both already and continually supplied and hang on to His Word at all times.
The devil doesn’t want us to know the gift or the promise of the Word Grace, or remember the benefits Grace supplies! Because there is so much peace and comfort to be had from the truth and power revealed by the Word!
Romans 5:15-21 MSG
15-17 Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man’s sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God’s gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do! There’s no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence. If death got the upper hand through one man’s wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?
18-19 Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.
20-21 All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life—a life that goes on and on and on, world without end.
What a promise and Gift to Gods children Jesus delivered! That’s why the accuser has been fighting Grace so hard since he was expelled from heaven.
The answer the whole world needs, is found in Jesus and the miraculous Grace, life changing message Jesus introduced to the world at the cross.
Hebrews 13:9
9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
The methods and views of mankind’s ideals are many for the occupation of our time, to blur and distract the world away from Gods amazing message of Grace!
There are a lot of different ways and things out there and people who will try to tell you how to live and why you should live that way!
Everyone has and is entitled to there opinion you know. That’s what makes us Gods most unique creation, the fact that we all have a will!
God created us to have a will, the accuser and chief liar would like nothing better than to eliminate a persons will and dictate the way they should think and act!
That’s why the big push for a one world government! That’s why there is so much hatred, intolerance and division on display around the World. A house united will stand, a house divided is design to fall and fail!
Illustration by Terry Laughlin
This question was once asked, "If you could choose what you want most in life, what would you ask for?" The most common answer was "Peace." People want peace in their marriages, families, workplaces, country and world.
Never in history has society had more technology and or things available to use at our fingertips. Almost everyone has a smart phone.
True peace is not found in things! The peace that passes understanding is only found in a relationship with Jesus Christ, God’s only son who came, offered and delivered God’s Grace an Amazing Peace!
The devil under the guise of politics, has created the divisive premise of inequality of life in the present world we live in.
The devil would like nothing better than to make us think (even though God has promised each and every person the opportunity for an abundant life) we almost have a life worth living, but it’s unattainable without governments help.
Nowhere in the Bible or the promises of God, does it say the abundant life God promises is dependent on or associated with any one else or any other entity being responsible for the deliverance of God’s abundant life!
That’s because it’s God’s abundant life and God has already not only promised abundant life, but Jesus Gods gift of Grace delivered the Promise!
Grace delivered victory at the cross and Grace has been winning ever since, for everyone willing to embrace and accept the gift of Grace!
Grace has made a life worth living for us and it’s an obtainable life! God sent Jesus with His message of Grace so we could have Peace!
God doesn’t want us and has never wanted us to be fearful and worried by everything or anything we see on the news, or any challenge that comes our way.
God wants our hearts to be at rest and established by His grace toward us! That’s where and when we find inner peace!
Do you know the peace that passes all understanding? If not, why not? You can! Grace is a free gift available for the asking.
Your Salvation for your soul is only a breathe away and easy to obtain by saying Jesus, I believe you died for me come into my heart.
The accuser would have you think it’s all about your capabilities!
It’s not about what you can do, it never has been about what you can do!
Now, while the accuser would like you to think it is all about and only about your efforts. It’s not about us, it’s all about and will always be about what Jesus accomplished on the cross for us!
When you finally come to the realization, the only thing which qualifies you to receive God’s blessings is faith in the finished work of Christ, your heart becomes established, by that amazing God given grace moment!
And when your heart becomes established by grace you know and come to the realization you are both entitled and in the position to receive every blessing and benefit God has promised in scripture!
God wants you to know, trust and realize His Grace is sufficient for every need! Grace Wins all the time, every time! It’s no wonder why Grace is called Amazing!
Fellow Contributors,
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I AM, I CAN, I WILL “all about exploring God’s Grace”
MY SCANDALOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD “all about exposing God’s Grace”
PARKING LOT FAITH “the realization you already have enough faith to move your Mountains”
