Comprehensive Grace

“Complete in Thee, no other need; Thy grace abundant is my plea.  Whole at last in Christ alone; by grace my life complete in Thee.”  These simple lines express so clearly the truth that God’s grace is fully comprehensive.  We have looked at grace from A to Z and have barely begun to plumb the fullness of grace.  We can go over and over the alphabet to add on to the picture of the complete sufficiency of God’s grace.  If we ran out of words in our language we would have to make up more just to express the truth of how full the grace of God is.  But we will step back from alphabetizing for a while and see God’s grace in His word and in our lives from different perspectives.

Last week my wife and I took a short vacation.  It did not get off to the best start.  We were going to see our new grandson 230 miles from our home.  We had gone 50 miles when we heard an unpleasant “bump”.  The car didn’t react as if I had a flat tire, so we drove on.  A couple of miles later I had no power steering.  The air conditioner wasn’t working.  The engine was overheating.  It was 90 degrees outside and we were seemingly in the middle of nowhere.  Then, right in front of us was an exit.  We pulled off and found that the serpentine belt had broken.  A few hundred yards from where we stopped was a truck repair shop.  They helped us find a tow truck and a car mechanic.  Our son from our own town drove the 52 miles to pick us up and returned us the next day to pick up our fixed car and continue our trip. 

This kind of thing can happen to both the saved and the lost.  Does this mean that grace wasn’t involved?  I saw grace in it.  I saw a reason to be thankful in it.  Actually there turned out to be multiple reasons to be thankful that came about over the next few days.  I saw God’s care and felt God’s peace.  The Bible says that God causes the rain to fall on the just and the unjust.  Who gets better mileage out of the rain?  Those who can see God’s grace in the heavenly drops.  Look for God’s grace in the sunshine and rain of your life.  It will enrich you greatly.  A heart full of thanks will produce a life full of joy. “Complete through grace, no other need; with heart of thanks for Christ’s supply. By joy enriched on Christ I feed; complete in Thee no other need.”  

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