Race of Grace

UV 3712/10000 Race of Grace Therefore let us ( with privilege) approach the throne of grace ( that is, the throne of God’s gracious favour) with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy ( for our failures) and find ( His amazing) grace to help in time of need ( an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment). Hebrews 4 v 16 We are to approach the throne of grace every day with faith. When we approach the throne, the Lord burns the thorns that hurt us. He places us on the podium, the victory stand without us having to run out of breath. Faith implies that we have confidence in the Lord and therefore, we are without fear. It is on account of our High Priest and Advocate Jesus that we are able to so approach the throne of God with boldness and confidence. Jesus introduces us to the Lord God, our Father in heaven as His chosen children, not begotten but chosen. We receive mercy at the gracious throne of God for our moral and spiritual failures. We also receive strength or grace to overcome these failures and weaknesses in the future. We have opted out of the rat race of mankind and joined God’s race by faith. The Lord converts the thorns of life into a bed for us, a place of strength and rest, comfort and assurance. We approach the throne not for favours as we would approach an earthly king but to be in the favour or remain in the favour of God. When we have fervour for God, we enjoy the flavour of life and enjoy His favour. We receive His favour as we believe His Son, Jesus. Jesus as our High Priest knows precisely what our need is at each moment of our lives-spiritual, emotional, social, familial, intellectual, financial and supplies our need according to His riches in glory, implying His infinite resources. He knows what burdens our minds and lifts it as we entrust it to Him. We can cast our burdens at His feet and proceed to the throne of grace to love and worship God. Not only can we approach the throne of grace to obtain more grace, Jesus rushes to our side when we are in distress, when we have a panic attack. Hence, God’s throne of grace is not at a static location but it locates itself at our point of need, transforming all our chronos ( physical time when we are alone) moments into kairos moments ( spiritual time when we are with God and God is with us as Jesus). When we present our physical needs to Him, He says, “ No, my child, I am your Need. Your faith is the Seed to meet your Need.” The Person of God is our greatest need. When we say we hunger and thirst for righteousness, we are hungering for God for God alone is righteous. He fills the gaps between our need and our resources, between our character and His, between our abilities and our challenges with His grace. We are complete in Him. Without Him, it is like the lungs without oxygen, the heart without blood, our stomachs without food, our brains without thoughts. With Him, everything is complete, fulfilled, at the cellular and the universal level, at the microcosm and the macrocosm, at the individual and aggregate level.