God's Glory Church

“For you are saved by grace through faith… not by works.” — Ephesians 2:8-9

We were decorating the church building for a special event and one of the sisters scolded me for my inexperience. When she left, another one came up to me and said, “Don’t worry. She’s one of those who needs extra grace.”

I laughed. I liked the expression “extra grace” and started using it whenever I had a conflict with someone. Years later, I sat in the same church at the funeral of the same sister who needed “extra grace.” The pastor told how she served people, often unnoticed by others, and was generous and caring. I asked God to forgive me for judging her and others by labeling her unfairly. After all, I myself also needed “additional grace”, just like everyone who follows Christ.

In the Epistle to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul writes that all of us “were by nature children of wrath” (Eph. 2:3). But the Lord, instead of anger, gave us salvation, which we did not deserve and will never be able to work off. Why so? “So that no one should boast” (v. 9).

As we obey God day by day in our life’s journey, the Holy Spirit will work to change our character to reflect the virtues of Christ. Every believer needs additional grace. And the Lord gives it to us in due measure (2 Cor. 12:9).

Who among your acquaintances, in your opinion, needed “extra grace”? In what area of ​​life do you need grace today?

God the Father, help me to give grace to people as generously and simply as You gave it to me.

Author: Sosheel Dixon