When we add all our compliments to all the things we wish were true, there’s still so much we’re glad the world doesn’t know.
Deep within, we know the truth about the real lives we live—the tempers that we can’t control; the people we’ve tried to control; the passions that seem far beyond control. Our hearts are heavy with indictments. We break our vows; we hurt our friends; we fail to do the good we could.
“There is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?” (Rom 7:23-24).
And from the vast abundance of His grace, the Father speaks to our distress. “I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart” (Eze 36:26).
The promise of new life—within—brings all God’s goodness to us. We cannot save ourselves, and Jesus loves to save us. We cannot fix ourselves, so He rebuilds what pride and lust have broken.
Grace meets the fears we cannot speak, the brokenness we sought to hide, the self-accusing words we use to motivate ourselves. God’s heart of love will heal us yet.
So stay in grace. -Bill Knott
Daniel Bruneau: God Is A Creative (December 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Fully Identified (November 29, 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Grace At The Gates (November 22, 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: The End of Magic (November 15, 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Can You Handle The Truth? (November 8, 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: More Day To Dawn (November 1, 2019)
Wilona Karimabadi: Beyond Thoughts and Prayers, November 2019
Cliff's Edge: So Thankful For Seventh-day Adventist, November 2019
Michael Yonker: From Disappointment to the Advent, November 2019
Search The Obvious: Reunions, November 2019
Lael Caesar: Prophecy Again?, November 2019
Gerald Klingbeil: Lip-syncing for God, November 2019
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Cross Purposes (October 25, 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Staying In The Race (October 18, 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: A Circle of Forgiveness (October 11, 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Is It Too Good To Be True? (October 4, 2019)
Marvene Thorpe-Baptiste: Light A Candle (October 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: When Everything Changes (September 27, 2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Sustainability (September 20,2019)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: When Politics Misleads Us (September 13, 2019)
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