Another Thought About Grace

     Society often trains us from the beginning that we should strive to be successful and that we can do anything we want to do.  There is much written on the glorification of self in this world.  All of this tends to make it more difficult to understand the subject of grace.  Grace may not be the opposite of self or success, but it comes close.  In our world, there seems to be little room for something like grace.  Grace promotes God and not self.  After all, grace is that which comes from God and is offered to us.  Grace is something that I like to think about it because God's grace is always sufficient for everything that pops up in our life.   It is that attribute which gives us everything that we don't deserve.  There is no way of earning or achieving grace on our own.  Titus 2:11-14 says, "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works." 
         Not only can't we earn grace, it was manifested in the sending of God's Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.  We see grace when we look even at the little acronym for the word: God's Riches At Christ's Expense.  Grace is vitally important in our lives.  If we are going to have salvation, then it is going to be the result of God's grace.  If we are going to get through problems in this life, then it is going to be the result of God's grace.  The one item that is so important in God's grace is that it can't be bought for even the smallest or the greatest of prices.  The moment that a payment is made for grace, it vanishes like a vapor.  It is no longer there.  So, there is nothing that  a person can do in order to buy a little grace or even to store up a little for tomorrow.  It is always there when you need it because it comes freely from God.  When the above verses say that grace has appeared to all men, we understand that it is referring to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  He is the personification of grace.  He has been offered to all who only need to believe on Him.  Then, they too will understand and receive this marvelous grace.  So, praise God today for the fact of His grace, His unmerited love, that has been bestowed on us through the death of Christ on the cross.