peace to live by

Wishing Grace & Peace, Part 2 (TMF:2495)

Friday, November 29, 2024
Peace to Live By: Wishing Grace & Peace, Part 2 (TMF:2495) - Daniel Litton
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       So, this grace and peace is something that is granted to those of the body of Christ. It is interesting that Paul picks these two things. One would wonder why he didn’t pick love, for instance, as a primary thing to be received from God. Rather, his calling card is grace and peace. Grace makes sense as it is something that believers always need from God, who, appropriately, is noted as “Father.” Since nobody can be perfect at all times with anything, grace is always needed. It is what completes our characters where they are lacking. If we recall, Jesus told Paul on one occasion “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (see 2 Corinthians 12:9, ESV). This isn’t to say that God wants us to be weak, as Christians, but rather it is the natural state of all of us in our fallen, sin-affected world. Again, it is impossible to be perfect currently in our lives. At times we can conclude, God allows weakness to abound in us instead of victory as really, it is abounding anyway.