Monday; November 27
How much grace do we need? Now, from a human perspective, there might be a logical answer. There are some people who have lived a pretty good life, so an “average” amount of grace should be sufficient to cover our misdeeds. There are others; however, who have made a lot of bad decisions that need to be eradicated, so they will need a heaping helping of grace. Makes sense, doesn’t it? Actually, it doesn’t. You see any amount of sin puts us in an adversarial relationship with God, so we are all sinners and destined for damnation. It just takes one sin to condemn us, so we need all the grace we can get! Grace isn’t metered out by need, it is one size fits all! The other day, I came across Paul’s thought, “But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” (Ephesians 4:7). At first blush, it might appear that the writer is referencing the allotted amount of grace each one us needs to be right with God, but could it be that the “measure” of Christ’s g