Grace of God

God Will Take Care Of You
lyrics by DAVID PHELPS

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You don’t say a word, but I know you’re so afraid
Trying hard to take a step of faith
You’re so confused and you’re so alone
Standing face to face with the unknown

Every need you have God already knows about it
Still He longs to hear from you
I believe if you put your trust in Him
That is where the road of faith begins

(Chorus)
Cause if His eye is on the sparrow when it comes to me and you
There is no place He won’t go
And nothing He won’t do
Like a mother cradles a child
His grace covers us somehow
So whatever you go through
God will take care of you

Change is never easy; it’s just part of living
There’s so much more that we can see
A higher place so far above it all
Is ours when we’re faithful to His call

(Bridge)
We don’t know
We don’t have to understand
The how’s, the why’s, the when’s
Give it all to Him


Beautiful song.. which talks to me today ---- "If you put your trust in Him, that is where the road of faith begins".

Beautiful...

Last Sat at our YAM session, Marlene led with a session on 7 teenagers in the bible. It was interesting. We heard about the godly-characteristics of Joseph, Joshua, David, Elisha, Mary, Daniel, Timothy. So interesting. We talked about who we would like to aspire to be like - and I felt I wanted to be like an Elisha/Joshua: Elisha - filial, prophet of grace, love, kindness.. Joshua - bold & courageous, led israelites into a time of faith..

Along the way, we came to a question for each other: "Have you truly felt the awesome presence of God?" I take it further, have we truly felt the awesome "Grace" of God? I believe it's only when we have the following things that will lead us to this experience:

1) Emptied of self -- thru being in a pit, crisis, realising that we have failed, and thus are at our lowest point in life
2) Humbling of our pride - to bow down to the realisation that God is there for us, despite our not having acknowledged him in all our ways.
3) Accepting of His forgiveness - realising that God is able to forgive all our sins. If we don't believe that, we don't believe God is ultimately good.

Then again, God can work in may other ways. Certainly not just these 3 ways...

Whatever the case, I tell you.. the experience is magnifying. It magnifies God by thousands and minimises us into nothingness. You'll feel eternally grateful, loved, treasured. The grace of God is powerful - it makes us ashamed of our evil deeds and our sinful selves - and gives us conviction to change our ways. It inspires us to love God even more. Because the Grace of God is God's Love washing over us.

Now then, u know where the song "Amazing Grace" came from - it's sung from a person who feels like a "wretch" being saved by God. That is Grace.

We are being saved each day. Do we work towards salvation or against God's priceless gift - already given to us?