Do you ever just take a moment and reflect on the impact God has had on your life? I spent some time in prayer and reflection this morning just thinking about many of the ways that God has impacted my life. None bigger than the grace He has freely given us. The Bible reminds us over and again of the grace that God has poured out upon us. I think that is because we need to reflect on that truth regularly. We need to be reminded of God’s amazing grace in our lives each and every day. Perhaps one of the best reminders in scripture is found in Ephesians 2, let’s look at it together today. 

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

We were dead in our sins and God made us alive. We have been saved by grace that comes exclusively through faith in Jesus. There is nothing that we can do to earn or deserve it. Not only that but God also reminds us of the daily grace He extends to us as He has prepared works for us to do through His grace here on earth. Take some time today and thank God for the amazing grace He has given us. 

In His Grip,

Pastor Dave