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Do You Deserve Favor?


What is grace? It is God's undeserved favor. John 1:17 says, “For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” You see we did not earn God's grace, it is a gift from God. Even though we did not deserve His favor, He loved us so much that He bestowed upon us His favor. Over and over we see this in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament.

Look at Abraham and Sarah. They had trouble being patient and trusting God to come through with His promise. Many years went by before a child was born through Sarah. She became impatient, as did Abraham, so she took things into her own hands. She gave her maid, Hagar, to Abraham to sleep with so the maid could conceive a child that would be Sarah's. After all the maid belonged to Sarah.That was not God's will, let alone His perfect plan. He told Abraham what His perfect plan was and that He would do it. But they became impatient and doubted. You know they did, they kept getting older and older. You can't fault Sarah for doubting she could conceive a child at her age.Yet, even though they decided to take things into their own hands, God was still faithful to them. He still gave them favor even though they didn't deserve it. He gave them grace even though they did not earn it. He caused Sarah to become pregnant with her own child, Isaac. Thus God fulfilled His promise.

We are not perfect people, but as a child of God, we are adopted into His family and He gives us every day His grace and favor even though we don't deserve it and we have not earned it.

God is a loving God to His children. Let us thank Him every day for His wonderful grace.

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