Christian Writers Circle

Grace Personified
by Brenda D. Flowers

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, (Titus 2: 11-13, NASB 1995)

When God sent His Son, Jesus, on His redemptive mission to earth, God was doing so to show humanity Himself in a way we could understand. Jesus embodied God’s grace and love perfectly. To say it another way, Jesus, fully Man and fully God, revealed in human flesh the grace of God.

God’s unmerited favor was bestowed upon us.

Do we fully realize the gift Jesus Christ is to us?

Do we fully understand that God gives us the substance of faith to trust His gift of grace?

I have been meditating on these truths.

When we repent from our sins and trust God for salvation and sanctification, we trust His grace to transform us. We are changed by the power of who He is in us.

When we trust Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, we are changed immediately, yet we are also being changed, becoming more like Jesus each day. We are sealed by His Spirit. It is amazing to realize we embody grace.

I ask myself, “Is grace personified in me?”

“Do I show God’s grace by the way I live my life?”

Luke records some of Jesus’s last words to His disciples before His ascension, “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.” (Luke 24: 49, NKJV)

The Apostle Paul explained in his letter to the Galatians that through faith in Christ Jesus we receive the promise of His Spirit. (See Galatians 3: 14)

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ (Galatians 3: 27, ESV)

Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.  (Galatians 4: 7, NKJV)

We are an heir of God. We inherit His grace.

Father in Heaven, please help us to fully grasp our inheritance in You. May we manifest Your grace each and everyday of our lives and give You the glory. Thank You for Your promised gift, Your Spirit, who transforms us as Your sons and daughters.

May we honor You, God, with hearts of thanksgiving as we experience Your transforming power at work in us. In Jesus’s name, we pray and in Him may we live, move and have our being. Amen