Knowing Him Daily

02.September.2025

We’ve treated grace like what we do or don’t do doesn’t really matter…once or twice. You know the moment, you reach for something beautiful, and before you know it, you’ve made a mess of it. Grace is like that: radiant, powerful, a gift so pure it almost sparkles. Yet in our humanity, we can track mud across its white robe and end up confusing people about what it really is.

The truth is, grace is gorgeous. Isaiah described it as being “clothed with the garments of salvation, covered with the robe of righteousness” (Isaiah 61:10). It’s freedom from condemnation—Romans reminds us, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). Grace is the unearned, undeserved, unstoppable love of God poured out through Jesus. It’s God stepping into our mess, not to leave us there, but to lift us out.

But here’s where the misunderstanding creeps in: sometimes we treat grace like a permission slip instead of a power source. Paul asked it bluntly: “Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means!” (Romans 6:1–2). In other words, grace was never meant to be a get-out-of-conviction-free card.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer once warned about what he called “cheap grace,” the kind that forgives without repentance, comforts without change, and offers a crown without the cross. That’s not the grace Jesus died to give us. Real grace, as Titus 2:11–12 says, “teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.”

Grace is not fragile. It doesn’t shatter if you bump into it. But it is holy. It deserves reverence. It deserves to be handled with awe, not casual dismissal. When we misuse it, we don’t make grace any less beautiful, we just blur its reflection in our own lives.

Maybe that’s why songs like “Refiner” resonate so deeply, they echo the prayer for grace that doesn’t just cover us, but purifies us. Grace that not only meets us where we are but also carries us into who we were created to be.

So maybe it’s time to pause and ask: am I wearing grace like the radiant garment it is, or am I dragging it through the mud? The good news is, God’s supply of grace doesn’t run dry. If you’ve misunderstood it, misused it, or treated it lightly, He’s ready to clothe you afresh. His grace isn’t just gorgeous, it’s abundant, available, and more than enough for you today.

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If you’ve never given your life to Jesus, or if you’ve walked away, trying to do life your own way it’s not too late. He’s calling you back. He’s been waiting.

Return to Him today. Surrender your plans, your pain, and your past. He’s ready to restore, renew, and realign you with your divine purpose.

~ Dear Heavenly Father ~

Thank You for sending Jesus to die on the Cross just for me. I admit that I have sinned, and I repent. I ask You to forgive me. I believe that He died and rose again. Right now, I make Him the Lord of my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. My sins are washed away, my past is forgiven, and my future is bright. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ Name Amen.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.