God Wants Us Now

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

July 16, 2025

God Wants Us Now

And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and undeserved.

Romans 11:6

The Apostle Paul, in the passage above, was referring to the remanent of Jews in Israel who were remaining faithful to Christ as the Messiah. Paul said they were established as part of the new community of believers through God’s grace, not through their good works. This observation of Paul points us to another foundation stone in our life in Christ; God wants us now.

Every pastor has had the experience of asking a parishioner to serve in the church only to be told they were too busy with their job. “Ask me when I retire and I’ll be happy to help out” was often the reply the pastor heard. Perhaps they did have a busy work life, but more often I think their reluctance to serve was based on their self-perception that they were not ready, not good enough yet to serve in Christ’s church.

An appropriate response may well be, “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” (Romans 5:8) God did not wait until we were perfected. God did not wait until we deserved Him through our good works. No God didn’t wait; God wants us now. God has been forming and will continue to form Christ in us until we are perfected. (Philippians 1:6, 2:13) But he doesn’t wait. He wants us just as we are.

My Takeaway: As is. Much property is offered for sale, as is. That is exactly how God took me, and you. As is.  For me, I was much in the same condition as the prodigal when I came home to God. Nevertheless, He crowned me with righteousness. As I was. Remembering God’s acceptance of me helps we remain in His grace for today.

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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