Plead For Grace

When we do not receive the answer we want to our prayers, we should still recognize that God is good.   #daybydaylw   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!   ~~~   David has been told by God through Nathan that one of the consequences of his sin is that his child will die. And yet, when the child becomes sick, David sought the LORD on behalf of the child. The reason David did this was because he believed God to be a God of grace. David did this because he had experienced the grace of God previous in his life. David did this because he knew that the nature of God was one that included grace and mercy and forgiveness. My friends, there is nothing wrong with pleading for grace in your life. Who knows when the LORD may decide to be overwhelmingly gracious to you?! This does not mean that God is spurious, spasmodic. It means that God, at any time, according to His will and goodness, can be gracious to His children for countless and unknown reasons to us. Sometimes it is to simply bless us and smile upon us, sometimes it is so that a future providence will occur. But David knew God to be a God of grace, and made his pleas accordingly. Is there an area, is there a burden, where you desire to see God’s grace, his unwarranted favor, be poured out over your life, even though you know you are a mess? Even though you know you deserve, not just nothing from him, but eternal punishment? Friends, fellow believers and followers Christ, we not only know that God does what is just and righteous, but included within that justice and righteousness is His goodness. Even when we do not receive the answer to our prayers in accordance with how we pray them, we can still move forward with hope and faith and confidence because we know that His every move towards us, for us, behind us, in front of us, above us, and beneath us is for HIS GLORY AND OUR GOOD!