His Grace

2 Timothy 1:9 NLT
For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time-to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.

Grace is defined in the dictionary as a controlled, polite, and pleasant way of behaving. I believe it is more than that. I think of His grace as His unmerited favor in our lives.

Ephesians 2:8 NLT
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

It was His grace that allowed us to be saved. When we stepped out in that tiny bit if faith to ask for His forgiveness we were washed clean in the blood of Jesus and stepped into a new reality. We were born again and received the Holy Spirit, the spirit of Christ to become one with our spirit man.

Our new man does not need God's grace. In Him we have it all. All authority. All power. All righteousness. The fullness of God through Christ who strengthens us.

Our old man is another subject. He is being changed daily to line up with our new man. It is in our continued walk through this earthly life where we continue to need God's grace. He covers us as we walk in the flesh, as we walk out our salvation with fear and trembling. His unmerited favor is upon us as we look to Him daily.

As we allow Holy Spirit to teach us, we learn daily to die to parts of our flesh and turn over our life to our new man, our spirit man who is pure and righteous.

Thank you Jesus for changing me, for renewing my mind, and giving me the grace to learn from my fleshly mistakes and walk more and more in the spirit.