The Day Grace Ran
There are a lot of amazing things to see, experience and hear in life, for example: a newborn baby, the stars, and Niagara Falls, just to name a few. But, for me, nothing fits the description of amazing more than the grace shown to others and me by God.
Grace defined by Webster is, unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification; a virtue coming from God. I heard it said as, God’s unmerited favor toward us.
Nowhere is this revealed more explicitly than the story Jesus told of the Prodigal Son. Now, I grew up hearing about this story, but it’s only been in recent years that the power of the message pierced my heart like never before. As you may know, the narrative is that the younger of two sons, takes his inheritance early and goes out and blows it on wild living. He parties hard until the money runs out. When it runs out, the friends run out too.
This isn’t the most incredible running is the story however. Jesus goes on to say that the young man realizes what a fool he’s been and that life was so much better in the father’s house. So, he comes up with a speech to say to his dad in the hopes that he can at least move back as a servant.
Now, here’s where it gets crazy and blows the minds of the listeners. Jesus says, the dad is looking down the road as the son is coming home and actually runs out to meet him, so that he can tell him what an idiot he’s been – NO! The purpose of the running is to get to his son as fast as he can and throw his arms around him, show his love, restore his place and celebrate his return. If that’s a picture of our Heavenly Father’s reaction to us coming home to Him – wow! That’s all I got, amazing, astonishing, overwhelming, beyond description. That’s our God.
Why wouldn’t everyone love Him? Why would anyone ever want to leave? Who wouldn’t want the power of grace in their lives?
For those who have experienced this kind of grace that goes beyond comprehension, our job is now to invite others into the Father’s house. It’s a place of return, restoration, and revel. Not everyone knows and understands it, so like Jesus, let’s spread the true story of a Father’s love.
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