Grace Beyond Measure

By Paula Williamson, guest writer

There will always be someone greater or lesser, smarter or less smart, thinner or larger, prettier or less pretty, depending on the lens through which we compare. Our flesh tends to measure, to look up to or look down on others. Thank God that Jesus made the ground at the foot of the cross level. He removed all comparisons. We are all sinners in need of a Savior.

It Is Written

GALATIANS 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Grace

None of us deserve grace. Without God, we will spend our lives serving ourselves and our deepest desires and motivations. Jesus made grace available to all, to those who think they deserve it and to those who don’t. When we lay aside our garments of pride, recognize that we are all sinners in need of a Savior, and ask Him to reveal His heart for others, we too can see through the lens of grace. 

Prayer

Lord, show us the pitfalls of comparing, demeaning, exalting, and feeling superior or inferior. Life is so much more than comparing and measuring ourselves and others. You look at the heart. Help us view ourselves and others through the lens of grace and of what You have done for us. Even if we never receive another thing from You, Your grace is enough.

Takeaway

Grace is beyond measure.