Grace - God's Unmerited Favour


An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children.
He does not distribute Himself that each  may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.  - A.W. Tozer


One of the most inspiring books I have read this year was the Unmerited Favour by Joseph Prince.  It gave me a fresh glimpse of the love of God the Father and His Grace through His Son Jesus Christ.  


I was angry with the way my life had taken a turn when I was in my early twenties and felt that I had been dealt an unfair hand.  It was not easy being physically abused by a man you thought would protect and love you, and when he hurts your 3 month old baby girl because of his irritation your whole life takes a different perspective and the instinct of your maternal nature takes over and you cannot be held accountable for your actions thereafter.


Growing up as a normal healthy child, my parents were the best, until I realized that there were flaws and things I would  have done differently.  There were things I would not have said and situations that I would have dealt with differently but as a child you see things from a perspective that is immature and childlike.  I had been angry with them for a long time for having their particular favorite sibling as this made me feel rejected and like the outcast.  I was different to the rest and wanted a different value system.


When God took me into His arms and showered me with His Love, I learnt to understand that love was something He just had for me, something I did not have to earn, it changed my world. I knew why I had wanted a different value system as I was in this world but not from this world.  It was not until many years later that I got the revelation that His Grace was His gift to me through His Son Jesus Christ.  It blew my mind when I realized that His love was so intense that it would pardon me of all the wrongs I did in my life.


I made many mistakes when I got divorced and made silly decisions based on my pain and volatile emotions and decided to live life the way I wanted to, breaking every rule I had been taught and every value system I had adopted.  I hurt many people in the process of dealing with my pain and failures.  Even though I apologized many times for the pain I caused, some never seemed to trust me with their hearts again.  Those who welcomed me with open arms again, gave me a glimpse of grace.


God sent many angels into my life who just picked me up and walked with me without holding my past against me and showed me the true meaning of love.  They nurtured me back to where I am today and gave  me a reason to walk tall and see life as a gift.  God sent them on a mission knowing that I was one of the many whose hearts they would touch and whose lives would be healed because of their mere presence.


God's Grace is so powerful that it took me on a journey of forgiveness beyond understanding.  The traumatic things that happened to me as a child and a young adult seemed to fade away in the light of His Glory and Grace.  As mist disappears before the early morning sun so does the hurt from the past disappear when you receive the love of God in your life.  His presence is so powerful it will fill your life with love, compassion, peace and joy immeasurable.  In His presence nothing else matters and when you walk with that knowledge you can look at others who have wronged you and you can love them.....His love is that awesome!!!!....

I know now that He gives us all of Himself and we can experience His fullness....we need to give Him more space in our lives by letting go of the pain, hurt, anger, resentment, bitterness and unforgiveness we have in our lives....JUST LET GO!!!...we are only hurting ourselves by holding onto it....Jesus Christ paid the price in full with His own blood so that we can experience life in abundance.....lets live in the abundance that He died for.  Let us have grace over those who have hurt us, just as He has had grace over us.  We live our lives thinking that we live for ourselves yet we have been created to live for Him through a lifestyle of Worship, Obedience and Surrender unto Him.