FEB 24
Romans 5:8
Memorise Romans 5:8
“Grace, grace, God’s grace …grace that is greater than all our sin.”

Grace is unmerited favour. It is given to someone who has done nothing to deserve it. It requires much generosity, love and forgiveness on the part of the giver. The Bible tells us that it is through God’s grace alone that we are saved.

Romans 5:8 sums up the essence of grace completely. We are sinners and totally undeserving of any love or forgiveness. We are in fact deserving of death for “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Although we are undeserving and filled with sin which God hates, God
loves us and He took the first step to reach out to us to reconcile us to Himself. He died for us. He gave His life to people who hated Him and rebelled against His will with their sin. Only our God who is so full of love for His creation could have shown such grace to us fallen creatures. There are no appropriate superlatives to describe such grace. All we can do is fall on our knees in gratitude and awe and worship the Giver of this wondrous grace.

Dear teen, do you remember any instances where someone has shown you grace when you did not deserve it? It could be someone who showed you kindness even though you often gossip and speak ill of this person to others. It could be your parents who showed you love and forgiveness even though you disobeyed them time and time again. Remember how sorry and yet grateful you felt when you received such grace. Now multiply that an infinite amount of times and you might perhaps just get an idea of what it means for God to show us grace.

Have you grasped how amazing God’s grace is? How unbelievable that the Creator of heaven and earth would love such insignificant and filthy beings as us? And yet He does.

Thought: “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!” ♫ ♪
Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for Your amazing and matchless grace. Let me every day be filled with awe and gratitude for Your grace towards me.