In the past two weeks since project started, I've begun to recognize my own brokenness more and more. As I begin to see and recognize the weight of my own sin, my picture of Jesus also expands to see more of his grace, righteousness, and power as they impact my life and my walk with the Lord. Recognition of our sin leaves us with a deep and troubling question that must be answered. Once we are broken where do we turn? Once we begin to recognize our own flesh and filth, how do we find hope in our seemingly hopeless situation? Textbook church answer: Jesus. As simplistic as this answer may seem, it is one concept that I've really been struggling to grasp and apply practically in my life. How do we take the gospel concept of grace and put it into terms that we can understand and relate to? How do we take the almighty God and contain Him into a definition that we are able to understand. In all honesty we can't. All we can do is take what we do know of Him from scripture and through our own personal revelations from the Holy Spirit, and trust that he is all-powerful, all-knowing and absolutely in love with us. In bible study this week we studied the concept of passive righteousness. Though typically taken with a bad connotation, the word passive simply means that no action was involved on our part. This is the beauty of the gospel: while we were still sinners, and with no action or expectation on our own part, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). The weight if this recognition is huge! This takes so much pressure off of all of us and allows us to freely accept the God's grace as a free gift which we could never do enough to earn or deserve (Ephesians 2:8-9). This means that I don't have to pretend to have all of my junk together and I also don't have to perform to the best of god's expectations. I can do nothing more than passively accept the hand of grace that was extended to me by the Father. I am free to come before him, broken and needy, and to give all of my junk over to him. What a beautiful truth. One song that has been running through my head all week is "Brokenness Aside" by All Sons and Daughters (they are just a great band in general so if you've never heard any of their stuff go and check it out)! The lyrics are posted below. Will your grace run out
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