Ephesians 2:8-9

I love these verses. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

I am so thankful for God's unfailing grace--without it I would be so lost. I hate to imagine what I would be without the grace, mercy, love and provision of God. He is so good to us. We just have to believe in Him--all it takes is childlike faith. Yet, as humans we often have such a stuggle with this. We feel that we must do things on our own. It varies from person to person, it may be that new home, promotion, infertility,marriage, or a million other things. We have to come to the realization that we were NOT made to do it on our own. We have a wonderful Creator who is there for us to help with our struggles. We just have to ask.

I often compare it in my mind to something that often happned when I was a little girl. If I wanted something or needed help with something for some reason I was so afraid to ask my dad. Now don't get me wrong, he wasn't some big scary monster, he was loving, giving, and always there for us, but it was still so hard for me to ask him. Sometimes I felt like he worked so hard and I didn't want to bother him for whatever petty issue I felt like I had or other times I felt like he already did so much for us that it wasn't right for me to ask him for something else.  I treat God the same way sometimes. I know my dad would have and has done anything he can to help me.

Our Heavenly Father is the same way. He wants us to come to Him and ask of Him the desires, wants, and needs of our hearts. We were created to commune with God--we cannot be whole if He is not part of our daily lives.  You can't work your way into Heaven. Being a good person doesn't get you into Heaven. Being a Pastor's wife doesn't get you into Heaven. No one can have a relationship with Jesus Christ for you. You must take that step and let go and Let God. Let Him be the decision-maker in your life, let Him guide you in all the paths of your life. It was Him, afterall, who gave you life. Remember, the Bible says that it is a gift of God. Who can turn down a gift? Don't turn down the greatest gift ever offered--Jesus Christ.

If you feel like God has already done too much for you or blessed you too much or that he couldn't possibly care about your life. Just remember the verse below:

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." Ephesians 3:20-21