Grace is the keystone of the Christian faith. For reasons we can’t fully understand, God condescended to send his Son to die in our place, paying a price for sin we never could. For many, it seems (myself included, often times), the role of grace is limited to the salvation experience: we get a gift we don’t deserve and that’s that. This misunderstanding is often seen in our response to sin. After committing a “big one,” we are often crippled by guilt, anguish, depression, despair, etc. “How can God use me now?!” the shamed and burdened offender might wail. What we seem to forget in times like these is that we didn’t do anything to earn our salvation, and we can’t do anything to lose it. It is the Lord who saves, and it is Lord who sustains.
Quit wallowing in your failure
And get yourself off your mind
God uses broken vessels
They’re His favorite kind
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