Failing the Grace of God

Heb 12:14-15 - Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.


If Gods Grace is His “unmerited favor” and given to us unconditionally, as we are commonly told, then how is it possible for a Christian to “fail” the grace of God? If we as believers have no bearing on the dispensation and working of His Grace in our lives, then how can anything we do possibly have any effect on it, let alone cause it to fail in us….unless we can? Is it possible that we’ve totally missed the boat on what His Grace actually is, or at the least, we are only looking at part of the definition?


Now it is absolutely true that Gods Grace is His unmerited favor and freely given to us when we believe and become followers of Christ, but it is so much more than that. It then becomes the power of God working in us enabling us to live a victorious Christian life and defeat the world, the flesh, and the devil.


Titus 2:11-12 - For the GRACE of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, TEACHING US that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.


Why is it so often when a Christian fails those very things they “thank” God for His Grace when maybe we should actually be repenting for not walking in it? We don’t understand His Grace. The main definition of the word Grace in the Greek is: “The divine influence on the heart and it’s reflection in the life”. It’s the power of God working in us to live the Christian life as we are called to do especially in the areas we may naturally be weak in. Jesus told the Apostle Paul, my Grace is sufficient for you, for my POWER is perfected in weakness. He didn’t say it’s perfected in failure, He said it’s perfect in weakness. Grace is the divine power that makes up for our weakness


If we, as Christians, are not denying ungodliness and worldly lusts and are not living soberly, righteously and godly in this present world, then we are “failing” the Grace of God and that’s a serious thing since we are saved by grace through faith. Grace does not negate the need and requirement to live a Godly lifestyle, it establishes it, empowers it, and then calls to it.

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