What's So Amazing About Grace?

by Philip Yancey

I have been picking on Christians because I am one, and see no reason to pretend we are better than we are.

Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it

God’s arms are always extended; we are the ones who turn away.

It was another shocking reminder that grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us.

“Remember, merciful Jesu, That I am the cause of your journey.”

Grace is not about finishing last or first; it is about not counting. We receive grace as a gift from God, not as something we toil to earn, a point that Jesus made clearly through the employer’s response:

God dispenses gifts, not wages. None of us gets paid according to merit, for none of us comes close to satisfying God’s requirements for a perfect life. If paid on the basis of fairness, we would all end up in hell.