JUST HOW DEEP IS GOD'S GRACE, AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING IN IT ?

4/10/2019

THE GRACE OF GOD IS TRULY AN AMAZING THING. FOR MOST PEOPLE WE TRULY FEEL GOD’S GRACE IN A BIG WAY WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. THE GIFT OF SALVATION IS SO AMAZING BECAUSE IT IS NOT EARNED OR DESERVED. GOD LOVED US SO MUCH, AND SO WANTED RELATIONSHIP WITH US THE WAY HE HAD INTENDED FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT IN HIS GRACE, HE HAD HIS SON TAKE ON ALL THE PAIN AND JUDGEMENT THAT WE RIGHTLY SHOULD RECEIVE. WE ARE BORN OF INIQUITY. WE ARE DEAD IN THE GRIP OF SIN. WE HAVE PUSHED GOD AND HIS KINGDOM FAR AWAY FROM US WITH NO CHANCE OF REDEMPTION ON OUR OWN…..AND YET, GOD IN HIS LOVE FOR US HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RENEWAL. HE HAS GIVEN US A PATH TO HIM THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. WOW. THE GIFT. RELATIONSHIP AND ETERNAL LIFE. ONCE GONE…..NOW OURS, IF WE WANT IT. GRACE IS OUR CHOICE, AND EVEN MORE ASTOUNDING IS WHAT WE DO WITH GRACE WHEN WE RECEIVE IT.

FOR A LOT OF US, THE GRACE OF SALVATION IS THE ULTIMATE….BUT WHAT IF YOU REALIZED THAT SALVATION IS JUST THE BEGINNING ? IT IS A MERE DROP FROM THE ACTUAL OCEAN OF GRACE THAT GOD OFFERS US. LIFE IN GOD’S KINGDOM TRULY GETS INTO HIGH GEAR ONCE YOU START TO SEE THE GRACE OF GOD IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. GOD’S GRACE OPENS YOUR LIFE UP TO AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY AS YOU ENTER HIS KINGDOM. YOU THIRST FOR HIM, AND YOUR PURPOSE BECOMES CLEARER. YOU FIND CLARITY IN YOUR LIFE AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. YOU LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING IN HIS COMMANDMENTS AND LETTING THEM IMPACT YOUR CHARACTER, AND SHAPE HOW YOU VIEW LIFE AND HOW YOU TREAT OTHERS. IT MAKES YOU WANT TO SHARE THE FREEDOM AND BEAUTY OF IT WITH OTHERS…..

WE COULD JUST BE SATISFIED TO SIT IN A PLACE OF GRACE AND CALL IT GOOD. IM SAVED. I’M SET. I HAVE RECEIVED JESUS, AND I CAN REST IN MY SALVATION. IT IS INDEED A GOOD PLACE, BUT IT DOESN’T FINISH WHAT GOD HAS IN MIND FOR US REALLY. HE HAS PLANS FOR US, TASKS WE NEED TO COMPLETE WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS TO RULE THE KINGDOM WE ARE BLESSED TO BE INCLUDED IN.

I HAD A VIVID DREAM A FEW YEARS AGO. I LOVE TO FISH IN SALTWATER, SO IT WAS SO APPROPRIATE THAT GOD WOULD REVEAL SOMETHING TO ME IN JUST THAT WAY. HERE I WAS ON THE BACK OF A FISHING BOAT, AND JUST LIKE I HAVE SEEN SCHOOLS OF DOLFIN AND TUNA IN BAJA MEXICO, THE WATER WAS TEAMING WITH FISH. BUT WHEN I LOOKED CLOSER, THEY WEREN’T FISH…..THEY WERE PEOPLE. I COULD FEEL THE PRESENCE OF SOMEONE BESIDE ME, AND I LOOKED OVER TO SEE WHO WAS WATCHING WITH ME. IT WAS JESUS. ‘WHAT IS THIS LORD, I ASKED HIM” ? “ IT IS A GREAT HARVEST JIM”. “I HAVE COME TO BRING MANY TO MY FATHER”. I REMEMBER FEELING SO EXCITED AND JOYFUL. “THAT IS SO AWESOME”, I TOLD HIM AS I LOOKED OVER AND MET HIS EYES. AS HE TURNED TO ME, I COULD SEE HE WAS SERIOUS AND SOMBER…..” JIM, THE HARVEST OF SOULS HERE IS INDEED GREAT, BUT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS FISHING HERE TODAY”. “ SATAN DESIRES THESE PEOPLE ALSO, AND HE WILL DO EVERYTHING TO TAKE THEM”. “ I NEED YOU TO FISH WITH ME AND SAVE THEM…..ARE YOU WILLING’ ? I WEPT, AND I TOLD HIM I WAS. AND SO, I FISH. EVERY TIME I’M ON THE WATER, I THINK OF THAT DREAM, AND I THINK OF THE TASK BEFORE ME. I THINK ABOUT JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND SHARE THE MESSAGE OF GRACE, AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE GET GOING IN IT TO MAKE IT COUNT IN OUR OWN LIVES. WITH OUR FAMILIES, OUR FRIENDS, OUR CHURCH, OUR WORK…..EVERYWHERE WE GO. YOU SEE, GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME, AND ALL THE TIME, GOD IS GOOD. ARE YOU READY TO START HARVESTING AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE ? SEEK HIM IN PRAYER AND ASK HOW. HE WILL SHOW YOU THE WAY ! TIME TO FISH :) JA

JESUS CALLED OUT TO THEM, “COME, FOLLOW ME, AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHER’S OF MEN. Matthew 4:19

FOR IT IS BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED, THROUGH FAITH…AND THIS IS NOT FROM YOURSELVES, IT IS A GIFT OF GOD. Ephesians 2:8