KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:
God’s grace isn’t reserved JUST for His elect. His grace is observable through His creation (ref: Ro 1:19-20; Mt 5:45).
We deserve Hell. We don’t deserve any of God’s grace. It’s impossible for us to earn it (Ro 5:6-8).
Perspective is everything. Working hard your whole life may provide you with temporal blessings from God, but you cannot stake a claim to it once you die, for all your hard work may go to a swindler anyways, and often to folks who don’t have the capacity for it since they didn’t earn it themselves.
To whose glory are you working for?
If you toil for God’s glory, you will be blessed, as God intended.
One of the greatest blessings in this lifetime is to be utterly humbled by His grace. This occurs in the “now”, during the “journey” we call life!!!
Enjoy God’s grace and His blessings when you have them.
“Being present” with loved ones while you have them is among the greatest blessings of all as it is grace multiplied.
When the perceived ownership of a grace gift shifts from God to you, you lose the greater blessing of a life filled with gratitude. You also suffer greater sorrow when the blessing is removed.