07/29/2021
One thing that I always have to remind myself is that not everyone knows what the word grace means. for the first 6 months of my journey to salvation, I had no idea what it meant. I’d heard it used in sermons before, but coming from a world where I’d never picked up a Bible, to me it meant something like courteous goodwill or elegance and refinement. As I got to know Jesus, I thought He was so awesome. I wanted Him to be my savior but there was this component missing. I felt so dirty, so rotten. I felt so unworthy of Christ. This feeling held me back from salvation. I felt like I had to get myself right before I could dedicate my life to God. That’s when someone explained grace to me. They explained that I was absolutely undeserving of God’s love. That much *was* true. But God chose to make me worthy. Not anything of my own doing. But because He chose to make me worthy simply because He loved me. That’s what grace is. That is was what led me to salvation. I’ve been thinking a lot about revival lately. A friend recently told me about how some scientists revived a rainforest by using the citric acid from orange peels to revive the soil. They petitioned orange juice companies to dump the peels on the forest and brought it back to life. The rainforest never left. It was still there. Its soil just needed a shock to the system. Thinking about things like this shock my system. It’s like a little acidity in my soil to remember the fundamentals of grace. It’s always been there, I just need to keep remembering how important it is to who I am in Jesus.