I don’t think we realize what God did for us when giving us grace. Just imagine this was you. 

You send your child to earth, where he will only have around thirty-three years of life. People try to kill him, while others believe in him and follow him. Then, right at the end of his life, he must go through an excruciating death. He’s wiped, abused, stripped, and tormented. A crown of thorns is shoved on his head, and part of his beard is ripped out by someone else’s hand. He’s then having to carry a cross before lying on it, only to have huge nails driven through his hands and feet. 

Instead of the murderer, rapist, liar, and thief, your child is innocent. He’s never done anything wrong. But he’s the one who’s on the cross. He’s the one being tormented. And he’s doing this so that the ugliest sinner could have a relationship with you. That is what God did by allowing part of Himself, Jesus, to come to earth and give Himself up for us. He loved us more than His perfect Son.

We can’t even fathom that kind of love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness. But that’s the kind of love God has for us. He put our ugliness upon His precious child because He wanted us to have a relationship with Him

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for laying down Your Son for us. Nobody on earth would think the way You do. And yet we need what You did for us. Without You giving part of Yourself up for us, we wouldn’t have a chance of survival. But because of Your great love for us, we stand before You, arms stretched wide, because we have a Father who cared enough. Matthew 19:26, “ . . .with God all things are possible.” In Jesus name I pray, Amen.