God’s grace is His undeserved, unearned and unmerited favor. And because it is undeserved, unearned and unmerited, all of us qualify for it. But how do we walk in it?
Just as a password gives you access to a computer program, faith enables you to walk in God’s unmerited favor. Now, faith has nothing to do with what you do or what you can do. Faith is simply believing and declaring what God has done and is doing for you.
When you believe that the favor of God is on you because of Christ’s finished work, His promises of provision, healing and restoration become sure to you. They are not just sure to the Jews, but also to you and me because we are “of the faith of Abraham.”
Ruth was a Gentile widow who put her faith in God’s grace. She believed and declared that God’s favor would lead her to the right field in which to glean, where she would find favor in the owner’s sight (see Ruth 2:2). Because she depended on God’s unmerited favor, God not only placed her in wealthy Boaz’s field, but also in the genealogy of Jesus (see Matthew 1:5)!
Ruth’s faith in God’s favor opened up a whole new world for her. She went from poverty to supply, widowhood to marriage, and from being childless to having a complete family. She also became a respected member of the community (see Ruth 4:13–15).
If Ruth, a Gentile who was under the old covenant, enjoyed God’s favor, how much more will we who are under the new covenant of grace enjoy the blessings that the unmerited favor of God brings! In fact, because God sees us in the Beloved today, we enjoy the same favor that Jesus has (see Ephesians 1:3–6)!
My friend, when you believe that you have the same favor that Jesus has, a whole new world will open up to you—a world where all of God’s promises are “Yes” and “Amen” in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 1:20)!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITORS NOTE
You should remember and understand, that God's mercy is undeserved and unmerited favor because of Christ. Listen: It wasn't God's mercy that saved us, it was His mercy to send His Son to save us. His Son's blood saved us. His Son died in our place as our substitution. Our salvation is because justice has been served. The death penalty that we were all under was served by Jesus. No mercy can save us, sin is punishable by death. Jesus died for us to be free from sin. God was loving and amazingly merciful by sacrificing His own Son in our place. These sins have been paid for. When you think about God's mercy and all that He has and is doing for you, remember that it's a gift, but that gift came at a huge price, His Son. God is righteous to forgive us and make us part of His family, because of Jesus. It's always because of Jesus. In the Bible Paul teaches us saying; " not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith". You see, your righteousness comes from God by faith, faith in the faithful One. Jesus was the faithful One when He obeyed God and went to the cross. It was Jesus' obedience that made all this possible. Today, pray to God and thank Him for His mercy, the mercy to send His Son and make our salvation sure because it's just and it's righteous.
