HEBREWS 4:16 AMP
“Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] 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].”
We turn our attention to another facet of God’s character – his grace.
Grace is more than just a synonym of love.
It is a characteristic of the God which is quite close to love (and mercy) but yet different and distinctive.
Theard, a Welsh preacher said: “Grace is a word with a stoop’ in it; love reaches out on the same level, but grace always has to stoop to pick one up.”
Grace is love at its loveliest, falling on the unlovable and making him/her lovable.
In the words of Thomas Goodwind “Grace is more than mercy and love. It superadds to them. It denotes not simply love but love of a sovereign, [it is] the result of transcendently superior One that may do what He will, that may freely choose whether He will love or not. There may be love between equals, and an Inferior may love a superior, but love in a Superior … is called grace. Grace is attributed to princes; they are said to be gracious to their subjects whereas subjects cannot be gracious to princes.”
Grace then is God’s kindness bestowed upon the undeserving; benevolence handed down to those who have no merit; a hand reaching down to those who have fallen into a pit [to pull them up].
May God (the Supreme Being and the King of kings) be gracious to you and your household this week.
Shalom
