A few weeks ago I went to a men’s bible study and during worship we sang a song called “Your Love is Deep” by Jami Smith, a song I’ve heard a million times. But this time it was quite different. In the the chorus it says:
“Deeper than my view of grace,
Higher than this worldly place,
Longer than this road I travel,
Wider than the gap You filled”
I got stuck on the first line, “Deeper than my view of grace”. What is your view of grace? A lot of times our view of grace is equated with that of what our parents, friends, co-workers, neighbors or acquaintances may bestow on us. But when thinking of God, its like we need to spin around 5 times and rid ourselves of that view and start new with our eyes glued to Christ. There, the cross, is where we see the greatest sacrifice and grace proven for all mankind. I love how in times you hear songs that talk about 2nd chances. I like to say “Thank you God for a 2nd…..12th……156th…..299th….and so on chance”. His grace is infinite! There isn’t one of us that is so far gone that his grace couldn’t cover or reach.
Psalm 103:12 says that our sins have been removed from us “as far as the east is from the west”. So that makes me think it covers the spectrum.
You and I have covered by grace and love. In fact a love that is not like any other. Not that we would go on sinning on purpose but that in our mistakes we would find his grace in love close to us. Amen for that! May his grace be expanded to you today.