Do you see Grace?

1. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? (Mat 6:30)

2. When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!" (Mat 8:10)

3. Jesus said: "According to your faith be it unto you." (Mat 9:29)

4. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. (Eph 2:8-9)

5. For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. (Rom 12:3)

From the above Scriptures 1 & 2 - we see that faith level varies from person to person. 3 & 4 - faith is needed for Grace to respond and it determines the how much one will receive. And 5 - faith is given by God and not of ourselves. Grace is a gift from God, so is faith. Salvation is Grace given to all but one must believes in faith to receive. The same goes for our prayers... But sometimes it is hard to believe. We prayed and our prayers don't get answered and we wait and waited... yet we don't see it coming, we still feel the pain, we are still broke... it just seem too hard. Soon our patience run out, we get disappointed, frustrated and even angry with God, we condemned ourselves. Then we ask... God, why???

I tell you why, we doubted! Hold on and do not give up as yet. It is hard I know and it is not easy to live by faith and not by sight. Though we believed and say "by His stripes we are healed" yet as we waited, doubts crept in. Let us use a different approach... First, you know God did not spared His only Son for you. Right? And Christ died on the cross for you. Right? And He took all your sins and suffering and gave you His righteousness. Right? And so you are complete in Christ. Right? God has given you His Son, His Christ, His Grace, His All. Why? Because He is love and He loves you. What else He won't give?

You know why we doubted? Because we have set our eyes not on His love but on the problems. Fear no more! Focus on His love for you, His perfect love for you, all your problems soon be gone, all your prayers soon answered. Perfect love casts out fear (1Jn 4:18) Our Daddy is the best, though He loves us so much yet He never force us to do anything we don't want. He stood patiently waiting and watching over the horizon everyday for us to come home, to come near to Him, to come and feel His love. He wants us to know that our every need and want in life have been provided, He wants us to rest totally in Him, trust completely in Him... Because He loves us and He never never leave us nor forsake us. See His love, see His Grace, see Jesus! The Grace that bought us home, When we see Grace, we see faith, we see everything. Hear Him!