The Strength Of Grace

Honestly , I know of nothing which has the power to switch us from inside like the liberty that comes thru grace. It is so dazzling it’ll change not only our hearts but also our faces. And goodness knows, many of us are past due for a face change. Every one of us are drawn to those whose faces invite us in and urge us on. They came to a stream which had left its banks due to a downpour.

The distended stream had washed the bridge away. Each rider was compelled to ford the brook on horseback, fighting for his life against the quick currents.

The real likelihood of death threatened each rider, which caused a traveler who wasn’t part of their group to step aside and watch. After many had dropped in and made it to the opposite side, the stranger asked President Jefferson if he would ferry him across the stream. The person climbed on, and at once afterward the 2 of them made it safely to the opposite side. As the stranger declined off the back of the saddle onto dry ground, one in the group asked him, “Tell me, why did you choose the president to ask this favor of?” the person was startled, admitting he had no idea it was actually the president who had helped him. “All I know,” he claimed, “is that on some of your faces was written the answer ‘No,’ and on a few of them was the answer ‘Yes.’ His was a ‘Yes’ face.”. I haven’t seen Him, but I have determined from what I have read about Him this was true. Yet none of their poison seeped into His life. How could it be? What was it that kept Him from becoming caught in their grip? In one word, it was grace.

He was so full of truth and grace, He left no inner space for their legalistic poison.