It’s All Grace

Ephesians 1-4

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Ephesians 2:8-10

Both our salvation and our service with the Lord are by grace alone. We might think salvation is by grace and then we work for the Lord in the best way possible; but, Paul reminds us that God’s workmanship in us and his good works through us have both been prepared in advance. God’s grace and enablement are in everything we are and do. It’s all a gift. Our response to this amazing grace must be worship and joyful surrender. The weight of fruit-bearing is connected to our waiting on the Lord. We are fruitful and multiply because we are in Christ and his life is in us. Reflecting each day on God’s goodness to us, in Christ, keeps our eyes off of ourselves and on our Source. 

What difference is grace making in our lives today?

“Lord God, thank you for grace, salvation, and your kingdom-will, for your glory.”