Receiving Grace With Awe And Glory

Receiving Grace With Awe And Glory When we ask God for something do we come to Him humble of heart knowing we are asking for more than we are worthy of receiving? Let’s face it, we are sinners. Even on our best day there are things we’ve done that have yet to translate in our hearts and spirit into the sin that it is. When asking something of God, we can, at the very least, ponder over everything that is honest and immoral. With humility and on bended knee we can safely admit our transgressions, trespasses, unworthiness and ignorance before the Lord. God is always waiting for us to come to Him at our best, in our idleness and when in need. We will receive His graces and blessings even with our blemishes. However, it is not “what” we receive, but “how” we receive it. We may not be worthy to receive God’s graces on our lives; but we can make ourselves ready to receive them with awe and glory. Matthew 8:5-11 When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible distress." And he said to him, "I will come and cure him." The centurion answered, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and the slave does it." When Jesus heard him, he was amazed and said to those who followed him, "Truly I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven."