Beyond Our Faults

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today

May 30, 2025

Beyond Our Faults

Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat,

and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 14:14 

When Jesus learned of the death of John the Baptist, he sought solitude. But the crowds of people figured out where he was going and were waiting for him. Jesus “had compassion on them and healed their sick.” Apparently, he healed their sickness, with no questions asked. No pecking order. No questionnaire to determine qualifications to receive divine healing.

Later that evening he fed them. With only five loaves and two fish he fed them. Again, with apparently no questions asked. No questionnaire to determine eligibility to receive free food. No extraction of promises to lead lives of holiness. The crowd ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers. The scriptures say about 5,000 men were fed that day, in addition to all the women and children! No questions asked. Jesus just told the crowd to have a seat on the grass.

My Takeaway: Learning to stay in grace for today is learning to respond the way of our Lord to every moment, every circumstance we encounter.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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