Who Can Receive Grace

Who Can Receive Grace

When we experience God, we experience grace.  Ignatius of Loyola said,

The direct experience of God is grace indeed, and basically there is no one to whom it is refused.

I want to focus on the part that says, “there is no one to whom it is refused”.

That is awfully hard to accept for some.

Let’s start with a refresher course in the meaning of grace. 

In our Christian/Theological context, grace refers to

  Favor

    Mercy

      Mercifulness

        Charity

          Benevolence

            Clemency

              Leniency

                Reprieve

And in the words of Ignatius of Loyola, no one is refused GRACE.  No, not one!

Titus 2:11 tells us: “The grace of God appeared for the salvation of all.”

And I love Romans 5:20: “Where sin increased, grace increased all the more.”

And don’t overlook 2 Corinthians 12:9: “God’s grace is sufficient for you, for His power shows up best in weak people.”

If you have doubts and fears that you are perhaps beyond the reach of God’s grace, take heart, my friend.  There is grace enough for you.  Just look at the bolded words above.  They light the way to the God whose heart is full of grace. 

No matter your stated faith or lack of it.

Regardless of your stance on religion, or spirituality, and it matters not if there is murder in your heart, lust eating you inside and out, or if you are living some other kind of altered lifestyle, God’s grace is available for you. 

Your job is to ask for it.  Reach up, or out, or wherever you want to reach and simply say I NEED YOUR GRACE GOD!

And then your answer comes. 

You will receive buckets and bushels full of God’s overflowing grace.

Thanks be to God!

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P Michael Biggs

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