More Grace for the Humble
Last week, in the quiet moments of my Sabbath rest, while I was away from the noise and the constant "doing for God and the church ", God began to whisper a truth that my busy heart often misses. Our life of faith is less about a climb and more about a current. We often approach our lives with a checklist of efforts, believing that if we pray harder, listen longer, or work better, we will finally "arrive" at a place of peace with Him. But James 4:6 reminds us, God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. In the “climb’ we are operating out of hidden pride that says that we can reach God by the things that we do “for Him”.
I am learning that true humility is simply a heart of total dependence. It is the realization that we do not have to struggle to get to where God is, because He is already exactly where we are. When we stop trying to "get somewhere” and instead choose to just enjoy Him in the present moment, we release the heavy weights of our own efforts. This is where we find "more grace". This grace is more like a rising river. When the water of His favor is deep enough, we no longer need to strain to keep our head above water; we become buoyant. we simply float. In that place of surrender, we’re not working hard to please Him. We are simply moving WITH Him, caught up in the flow of His grace.
In the book of James, he tells us to submit to God, he follows it with the call to draw near – to be present with Him.
Submitting comes the moment we stop trying to swim against the stream of His grace and we allow His grace to give us a lift. We find ourselves getting stuck in doublemindedness when we try to use our gifts to achieve what only God’s gift of grace can provide. We simply need to remember that He is closer than a brother, and He has promised never to leave us. We don't have to fight the current to find Him; we only need to be humble and let the grace current carry us.
As we draw near to Him, with a dependent heart, we will find that His grace is more than enough to carry us. Instead of the exhaustion of the struggle, we will find ease in His flow of grace. Here, we learn to let go, trust His ever-present presence, and experience the rest that comes when we stop “trying” to reach Him and realize that His grace has already reached us. We are one with Him.
I am learning that true humility is simply a heart of total dependence. It is the realization that we do not have to struggle to get to where God is, because He is already exactly where we are. When we stop trying to "get somewhere” and instead choose to just enjoy Him in the present moment, we release the heavy weights of our own efforts. This is where we find "more grace". This grace is more like a rising river. When the water of His favor is deep enough, we no longer need to strain to keep our head above water; we become buoyant. we simply float. In that place of surrender, we’re not working hard to please Him. We are simply moving WITH Him, caught up in the flow of His grace.
In the book of James, he tells us to submit to God, he follows it with the call to draw near – to be present with Him.
Submitting comes the moment we stop trying to swim against the stream of His grace and we allow His grace to give us a lift. We find ourselves getting stuck in doublemindedness when we try to use our gifts to achieve what only God’s gift of grace can provide. We simply need to remember that He is closer than a brother, and He has promised never to leave us. We don't have to fight the current to find Him; we only need to be humble and let the grace current carry us.
As we draw near to Him, with a dependent heart, we will find that His grace is more than enough to carry us. Instead of the exhaustion of the struggle, we will find ease in His flow of grace. Here, we learn to let go, trust His ever-present presence, and experience the rest that comes when we stop “trying” to reach Him and realize that His grace has already reached us. We are one with Him.
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