Your Grace Still Amazes Me
Are you ever just in awe of God's amazing grace? I have been praying all day today, soaking in God's Word and one word keeps flooding my soul. . . grace. Oh, how God's grace amazes me. I am so thankful for His wonderful grace. Grace is getting what we do not deserve. I've heard it said that grace is "God's Riches at Christ's Expense!"
One of my favorite stories of grace in God's Word is that of a prostitute named Rahab. You can read her story in Joshua 2. Joshua sent out two spies to go and check out the land. The spies went into Jericho and met a woman named Rahab. They entered her home and she hid them. The King found out about the Israelite spies and sent word to Rahab to "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land." (vs.3). Rahab told the messenger that the men had left, but she was hiding them on her roof.
Rahab realized that the LORD had given the land to the Israelites. She told this to the spies and asked them to show her kindness. She asked them to spare her life and the lives of her family. The spies assured her that if she kept quiet, she would be treated kindly and faithfully when they inherited the land. (vs. 14).
Rahab was told to place a scarlet cord in her window. The spies told her that when the city was destroyed she and her family would be saved. She gathered her family in her home and tied the scarlet cord from her window.
We read in Joshua 6:20-25, that when the trumpets sounded and the walls of Jericho collapsed, the Israelites charged in and destroyed the city. Every living thing was destoyed except the prostitute and her household. Rahab had believed in God and put her faith in Him. She was obedient and God's grace prevailed. She was saved because of the scarlet cord that hung from her window. Her story is one of God's amazing grace!
I am reminded of the Passover. The plagues had struck the Egyptians because Pharaoh had hardened his heart. Nothing was getting through to him. The final plague was the plague on the firstborn. Every firstborn son in Egypt would die. (Exodus 11:5). The Israelites were told to place the scarlet blood of a lamb above the doorframes of their houses, in order for their firstborn sons to be spared. (Exodus 12:7,13). At midnight, the firstborn of Pharaoh and all the Egyptians were struck down. Can you imagine being an Israelite Mother that night? I'm sure they were hearing the wailing and despair, clinging to their firstborn baby boys and praying that they would be saved. The Israelites were spared death that night because of the scarlet blood that was over their doorframes.
Beloved, our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ went to the cross on our behalf. Matthew 27:28-50 tells us that they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. They placed a crown of thorns on His head. They mocked Him, spit on Him and struck Him again and again. They gave Him a cross to bear. They nailed Him to the cross.They crucified Him. He was perfect, yet He died for our sins, so that we might have life. We did not deserve it, but God lovingly gave His One and Only Son, so that we could have eternal life! (John 3:16). Sweet ones, it is because of the scarlet blood of Christ, that was shed on the cross, that we are saved!
Isaiah 1:18 tells us that "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. ." Grace, grace, God's grace, grace that will pardon and cleanse within! Grace, grace, God's grace, grace that is greater than all my sin ! Thank you LORD for your amazing grace! Thank you for your grace that has covered me. It is something that I do not deserve, yet you saved me anyway. Thank you LORD! I am overwhelmed by Your amazing love and grace! I love Jesus so much and I want everyone that I come in contact with to know Him too. I want them to experience His love and His saving grace!
Lord, help me to show this same grace to others, through your Holy Spirit that resides in me! Help me to be a vessel for the outpouring of your love! I love you Jesus!
His grace still amazes me! I love you Journey Girls! You are in my prayers this evening.
Overwhelmed by His Grace,
Elisabeth
One of my favorite stories of grace in God's Word is that of a prostitute named Rahab. You can read her story in Joshua 2. Joshua sent out two spies to go and check out the land. The spies went into Jericho and met a woman named Rahab. They entered her home and she hid them. The King found out about the Israelite spies and sent word to Rahab to "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land." (vs.3). Rahab told the messenger that the men had left, but she was hiding them on her roof.
Rahab realized that the LORD had given the land to the Israelites. She told this to the spies and asked them to show her kindness. She asked them to spare her life and the lives of her family. The spies assured her that if she kept quiet, she would be treated kindly and faithfully when they inherited the land. (vs. 14).
Rahab was told to place a scarlet cord in her window. The spies told her that when the city was destroyed she and her family would be saved. She gathered her family in her home and tied the scarlet cord from her window.
We read in Joshua 6:20-25, that when the trumpets sounded and the walls of Jericho collapsed, the Israelites charged in and destroyed the city. Every living thing was destoyed except the prostitute and her household. Rahab had believed in God and put her faith in Him. She was obedient and God's grace prevailed. She was saved because of the scarlet cord that hung from her window. Her story is one of God's amazing grace!
I am reminded of the Passover. The plagues had struck the Egyptians because Pharaoh had hardened his heart. Nothing was getting through to him. The final plague was the plague on the firstborn. Every firstborn son in Egypt would die. (Exodus 11:5). The Israelites were told to place the scarlet blood of a lamb above the doorframes of their houses, in order for their firstborn sons to be spared. (Exodus 12:7,13). At midnight, the firstborn of Pharaoh and all the Egyptians were struck down. Can you imagine being an Israelite Mother that night? I'm sure they were hearing the wailing and despair, clinging to their firstborn baby boys and praying that they would be saved. The Israelites were spared death that night because of the scarlet blood that was over their doorframes.
Beloved, our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ went to the cross on our behalf. Matthew 27:28-50 tells us that they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. They placed a crown of thorns on His head. They mocked Him, spit on Him and struck Him again and again. They gave Him a cross to bear. They nailed Him to the cross.They crucified Him. He was perfect, yet He died for our sins, so that we might have life. We did not deserve it, but God lovingly gave His One and Only Son, so that we could have eternal life! (John 3:16). Sweet ones, it is because of the scarlet blood of Christ, that was shed on the cross, that we are saved!
Isaiah 1:18 tells us that "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. ." Grace, grace, God's grace, grace that will pardon and cleanse within! Grace, grace, God's grace, grace that is greater than all my sin ! Thank you LORD for your amazing grace! Thank you for your grace that has covered me. It is something that I do not deserve, yet you saved me anyway. Thank you LORD! I am overwhelmed by Your amazing love and grace! I love Jesus so much and I want everyone that I come in contact with to know Him too. I want them to experience His love and His saving grace!
Lord, help me to show this same grace to others, through your Holy Spirit that resides in me! Help me to be a vessel for the outpouring of your love! I love you Jesus!
His grace still amazes me! I love you Journey Girls! You are in my prayers this evening.
Overwhelmed by His Grace,
Elisabeth
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