| God’s grace is His undeserved, unearned and
unmerited favor. And because it is undeserved, unearned and unmerited,
all of us qualify for it. But how do we walk in it? |
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| Just as a
password gives you access to a computer program, faith enables you to
walk in God’s unmerited favor. Now, faith has nothing to do with what
you do or what you can do. Faith is simply believing and declaring what
God has done and is doing for you. |
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| When you believe
that the favor of God is on you because of Christ’s finished work, His
promises of provision, healing and restoration become sure to you. They
are not just sure to the Jews, but also to you and me because we are “of
the faith of Abraham”. |
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| Ruth was a Gentile widow who put her faith in
God’s grace. She believed and declared that God’s favor would lead her
to the right field in which to glean, where she would find favor in the
owner’s sight. (Ruth 2:2) Because she depended on God’s unmerited favor,
God not only placed her in wealthy Boaz’s field, but also in the
genealogy of Jesus! (Matthew 1:5) |
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| Ruth’s faith in
God’s favor opened up a whole new world for her. She went from poverty
to wealth, widowhood to marriage, and from being childless to having a
complete family. She also became a respected member of the community.
(Ruth 4:13–15) |
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| If Ruth, a Gentile who was under the old
covenant, enjoyed God’s favor, how much more will we who are under the
new covenant of grace enjoy the blessings that the unmerited favor of
God brings! In fact, because God sees us in the Beloved today, we enjoy
the same favor that Jesus has! (Ephesians 1:3–6) |
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| My friend, when
you believe that you have the same favor that Jesus has, a whole new
world will open up to you — a world where all of God’s promises are
“Yes” and “Amen” in Christ! (2 Corinthians 1:20) |
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