Lately, I have been so humbled by God's grace, His faithfulness, and the way He answers prayer. I think on my past and I shudder. I sometimes struggle with regret and guilt, but I know God forgives. He gives such amazing forgiveness.I can hardly conjure up words to explain how I feel. He forgives me. He stays faithful to me, in spite of my gross unfaithfulness. He answers my prayers, a desperate sinner's prayers. I HAVE to go everyday to the throne and admit my utter feebleness, my inability to do anything without His work in my life. But the crazy thing is that He delights in it! My finite, human mind cannot grasp that. Any person would become so annoyed and frustrated with someone so pitiful and inept in their employ; but that is not so with my Lord.
I see and feel the Holy Spirit change my cold heart of stone into warm, pliable clay for God's hands to mold. What a comfort it is to know I have such power and love at my disposal always. I continually see that I am in great need of it; for without it, I perish.
Satan is so very deceitful. I can see his hands grasping at more and more of this world, this world that was created by and for my Jesus. That is why it takes the extraordinary, life-altering power of God to keep those evil hands off my own life.
What a battle we are in! I am so disheartened by what America calls Christianity. On one end of the spectrum we have bold, brash people proclaiming judgment on sins that they themselves are guilty of committing. On the other end, we have timid, fearful people leading themselves into sin that is more hidden than their faith. Oh how my heart aches, Lord deliver us and bring revival!
I know I am far from perfect, I cannot cast judgment. But amazingly, through this, I can see such amazing grace in my life. It is ONLY the abundant love and grace of Jesus that rescues me from such travesty. I have a perfect righteousness in Christ that will lead to a perfect holiness. Satan cannot and will not get his claws in me.
“I have the right to do anything, you say—but not everything is beneficial. I have the right to do anything—but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Corinthians 6:12
"Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1Corinthians 15:56-58
