Undeserving Grace

“I hear religious minded people say all the time with good intentions.

‘God will never place a burden on you so heavy that you cannot possibly carry it.’

Really?!

My experience is that God will place a burden on you so heavy that you cannot possibly carry it alone. He will break your back and your will. He will buckle your legs until you fall flat beneath the crushing weight of your load. All the while He will walk beside you waiting for you to come to the point where you must depend on Him.

‘My power is made perfect in your weakness,’ He says, as we strain under our burden.

Whatever the burden, it might indeed get worse, but know this-God is faithful. And while we change and get old, He does not. When we get weaker, He remains strong. And in our weakness and humility, He offers us true, lasting, transforming, and undeserved grace.”

-Greg Lucas

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Recently, it's been easy to feel overwhelmed by life and the many difficult choices that it's been necessary to make. The above line "He will break your back and your will. He will buckle your legs until you fall flat beneath the crushing weight of your load. All the while He will walk beside you waiting for you to come to the point where you must depend on Him."  really hits home.

There have been many times over my 30+ years when I have all but cursed God for my heavy burdens.  Yet, He is a faithful, forgiving, loving God who always takes me back.  My Mighty Redeemer never turns his back on me.  And I cling to this awesome truth: ‘My power is made perfect in your weakness."

Shalom! Namaste!