His Grace Still Holds Me

 

Nothing like another look under the microscope. Not so much for me, but for you. Yet, I benefit too. What am I looking for?

That still small voice, that precious way that the grace of God is always there. Grace is my theme word for this year 2018. I need it more than ever. When I crave it, desire it and rely on it for every breath, it is there. It holds. When I feel I am falling deeper and faster than I want to and nothing to hang on to, I sense grace.

Grace is a precious thing when you really understand what it is and what it does for you.

I have days where the crushing pain of divorce and loneliness sets in and things seem to spin out of control fast. So many needs to be met and so many things pulling in every direction. His grace is there. His grace still holds.

We all have gone through some tragedy either by the hands of someone else or our own hands. Either way, you have felt some sort of pain. You won’t go through this life without experiencing pain. Sad but true. But the wonder and beauty of grace is that it is always there. His empowering presence that touches every part of our life and circumstances leaving nothing unturned and untouched to His power and control. Grace can effect that “thing” no matter the reason or the source of pain and failing.

What do you do when you just have no more “do” left? You lean to His grace. It will hold you. It is enough. It always has been and always will be.

I have learned in my 53 yrs that God’s grace is more than a dose of religion and more than a sermon, service, and servitude to the house of God. It is more than wrongs righted and more than unmerited favor. Grace holds. It holds you when nothing else can. It held me in the face of divorce and abandonment, anger and fear. It held me when suicide thoughts abounded and wanted to take over. It held me when I felt like a throw away piece of trash. It held me when waking up to a new day was just too much to handle and change seemed too far away to grasp.

It held me to my dream, His call and His purpose. It held me to the truth of who I really am and that vengeance was His. When it gets as bad as it can for me, I turn to Him, I run to Him that He will make it alright. It will work out somehow, someway. I didn’t get here but by His hand and permission and He is well able to keep me from falling.

That doesn’t mean it doesn’t get rough and that the pain doesn’t hurt. It doesn’t mean I’m not tired of the stress of problems and situations I didn’t create. It does, I am and I’m tired. But, my God is well able to do what He said He would do.

Grace holds.

Let me share three ways you can activate, live and embrace grace in your own life.

First, totally surrender your will to His. You are not your own. You belong to Him. Totally and completely His. Just give Him your life, your pain, your situations, your problems, your disappointments, fears, and mess. Give it to Him.

Second, live an authentic life. Take a long look at how you are living. Are you being true to Him. Not to what you want and your fears and desires. But, are you really living a real life or are you pretending to be something you are not. Are you living a lie. If Jesus were to stand in front of you would He really be proud of the choices you are making right now in your life. Who have you wounded and hurt that you need to go to and make it right. Not just say “I’m sorry” but really make it right.

Are you living a life that really pleases the Lord or are you compromising every step along the way you can.

Third, believe. Believe that grace will hold you in the worst place. Believe that your life is worth His blood sacrifice and you have His grace for the hard times. Believe in His promises spoken to you. Simply believe all things are possible.

Grace. Grace holds my  friend. Let His grace wrap around you and every circumstance you have and hang on.

Selah.