Grace

     I was driving the other day and contemplating what exactly God's grace means. The actual dictionary meaning is this:

1a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification

b : a virtue coming from God

c : a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine grace

2a : approval, favor <stayed in his good graces>

b archaic : mercy, pardon c : a special favor : privilege <each in his place, by right, not grace, shall rule his heritage — Rudyard Kipling> d : disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency e : a temporary exemption : reprieve

     A lot there to try and comprehend but the revelation that God gave me was that of being in the womb.  Covered in complete protection, connected through the umbilical cord directly to Him who provides every need we have.  We don't need to eat, drink or even breathe, He is our complete source of life.  If we continue to stay connected through prayer, praise, worship and declaration of who He is we will never want for anything.  We will be submersed and protected by the fluid waves of the Holy Spirit and all of the stimulation of the outside world will be filtered through the warmth of the Lord's comfort and glory.

 

Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.
2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our proud confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.