My friend sent this quote to me, “Grace does not follow repentance, but repentance follows grace.” I so get that. A lot of people think that you have to repent to get God’s grace, but actually it’s His very grace that draws you to repentance. He is all Grace, love, and kindness!! He is!! Scripture says it’s His kindness that draws us to repentance. I read this quote recently, “if Christians could keep their mind on this trifecta, God’s forgiveness, faithfulness, and favor(love), we would be unstoppable.” We would be unstoppable because rather than spending time beating ourselves up when we fail, promising to do better, we would be standing secure in His faithful forgiveness and favor over and over. Secure that He will never forsake (turn His heart from us) or fail us!!!
It gets even better!!! If we lived trusting in Him and only His faithfulness, forgiveness and favor, we would give that to others!!! We would live in a mindset to faithfully forgive and love others when they hurt and fail us even when they don’t ask. Knowing so great a love and mercy humbles you. The gratefulness and humility of experiencing so great a love that covers all our mistakes and failures even before we ask His forgiveness makes you want to give it to others. It’s not based on anything but Gods faithfulness, forgiveness and favor that He has so freely lavished upon us!!! Some people would say that’s not fair! Grace is not fair. It’s free. We don’t want God to be fair!! That would not end well for any of us!!!!
He is amazing!!
TC