An Undeserved Gift

We take our gift of salvation and try to earn it or diagnose it or pay for it instead of simply saying “thank you” and accepting it.

Ironic as it may appear, one of the hardest things to do is to be saved by grace. There is something in us that reacts strangely to God’s gift. We have some weird compulsion to create laws, systems, and regulations that will make us “worthy” of our gift.

Why do we do that? The only reason I can figure is that we cannot believe that the same God that the church states has condemn us, is willing to offer us such an undeserved gift. To accept grace means to accept its necessity and most people don’t like to do that. To accept grace also means that one realizes his or her despair, and most people aren’t too keen on doing that either.

Romans 5:15