Sunday 25 May 2014

May 25: Revelation 22:12-17

Key Verse: Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Devotion:
I find one of the easiest things to show others is grace; I find one of the hardest things to show others can also be grace! Grace can be described in many ways in the English language but in order to find a deeper meaning we have to look at the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ because it is that grace that extends further than any other and that grace that we need to accept in our lives too.

Yes, that also means that we have to accept grace. One thing I have learned over the past few months is that we need to share in each other’s lives more than we do in modern society. When we insulate ourselves from others, from the world and from the people we don’t want to mix with, we insulate ourselves from finding more about grace, especially the grace of Christ. Yes it is very hard to extend grace to some but without that grace being extended to them they have yet another barrier to block them from receiving Christ into their lives as well.

Despite all we have done against Christ He is still willing to show us grace and mercy from the very beginning, right through to the very end of everything. It is those who follow Christ’s ways and God’s commandments that will receive the blessings if we are to take all the verses we are told about in some churches, but it is the people who accept Christ that find the true blessings. Christ came into this world to save the sinners and not to kill them off.

It is all those things that we may have done in our lives that will allow us to see the grace and mercy of our Lord and Saviour. The fact that we break multiple commandments and yet He is still willing to forgive us for what we have done. As long as we see that He is here to help us and not to fight against us, we will be able to accept that grace and share it with others. It is not a case of how much grace we can use up but how much we can share amongst the people that need it most; never forgetting that we do need some ourselves!

Points to Ponder:
How do you define grace?

Do you share grace?