“I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing.” Galatians 2:21
It’s not the rules of religion that buy our grace, but the sacrifice of death that ransoms our hearts. Grace received with only one intent, relationship. It is the redemptive mercies we undeservingly obtained through the cross that allow us to fill all the gaps in our life. Our delinquencies all delivered through one act of unconditional love. Any insufficiency turned to plenty in the hands of a savior.
To recognize that His unmerited favor relies solely on the goodness of the giver and not on our merit as the receiver, offers so much hope. In our own trying, our hands would never be clean enough or strong enough to grasp hold of its freedom. And so, all we have to do is come to the throne of grace with hands wide open in surrender. Letting go of all inadequacies for the fullness of His grace. There we can replace our failures and fears with His goodness and mercy. There we find His grace is truly sufficient. For it is not by our own hands or works that we can begin to know the Father, but rather by the grace He gives us to walk in relationship with Him.
“But he replied, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9