Sunday, October 9, 2011

DENYING GRACE

We're so sure of ourselves that we can't be convinced.
We're so broken that we can't be fixed.

We want to be saved, but on our own terms.
We want others to be saved, but only if we get to decide.

Love others, conditionally.
Give to others, conditionally.

Hold up the gospel as perfection, but limit the possibilities.
Spread truth, but keep it within the boundaries of what makes sense to us.

So unbelievable.
Unbelievably so.

When we talk about the amazing gift of God's grace, and then attempt to shape the message of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, according to our limitations as fallen people, we look like the idiots that we are. It's pathetic, and we can do better. Enough is enough with using Him as an excuse to deny others. Not a single one of us deserve a single thing, and that's what's so amazing about grace. Stop trying to define Him with words that only apply to us. He's bigger than that. He's bigger than me. He's bigger than you. He never put a single limit on loving and helping others. Not a single one. We did that. We do that. Knock it off.

Denying grace is deliciously futile.