Amazing grace
It’s the Lord’s doing
The past week was an exhilarating one for the Betach staff as they successfully sponsored and hosted a top class annual regional health and hygiene workshop that attracted representatives from over 40 companies and institutions in the food, health and the educational sectors. The workshop hosting was in line with one of Betach’s social corporate responsibility values to support, educate and plough-back in the communities in which it exists. The impact was tremendous and the event was a resounding success. Even though my only contribution was behind the scenes I felt humbled to be part of the success and glad to be associated with a vision to make a contribution to the society. ‘It’s the Lord’s doing, it is marvelous in our eyes’ (Matthew 21 v 42).
Amazing Grace
The grace of God does not just lift you up from the ‘deep miry clay’, but it also ‘sets you upon the rock and establish your goings’ (Psalm 40 v 2). The function made me to remember from whence the mercy of God took me; His mercy took me from the poor streets of the old townships of
Amazing Grace – in action
I am thoroughly captured and overwhelmed by the working of the grace of the Lord; the grace that makes the completely undeserving to be completely remembered; the grace that calls loudly to the rejected, dejected and downcast and says ‘come let us reason together’ (Isaiah 1 v 18). It is the same grace that invites the broken-hearted, the overburdened and those wearied by the pains of life and says ‘I will give you rest’ (Matthew 11 v 28). Ponder the amazing grace!
The mercy of God caused him to withhold the knife in Abraham’s hand from piercing the heart of Isaac; but it’s the grace of God that provided a ram in the thicket to substitute Isaac as a sacrifice.
The mercy of God caused the father to run forth and forgive the Prodigal Son; but it’s the grace of God that caused him to throw a party with extravagance to one who did not deserve.
The mercy of God caused the Good Samaritan to bandage the wounds of the man beaten by robbers; but it’s the grace of God that caused him to cover the full cost of his recovery.
The mercy of God caused Jesus to hear the cry of the thief on the cross; but it’s the grace of God that caused Christ to promise paradise the very same day to one who had been a sinner all his life
The mercy of God paid the penalty for your sins on the cross; but it’s the grace of God that substituted the righteousness of Christ for your wickedness
The mercy of God converted Paul on the road to
It’s the mercy of God that withholds the punishment that we have earned; whilst the grace of God bestows on us the blessings we have not earned.
The mercy of God offers forgiveness for your sins but the grace of God lifts you up to a place of honour. Amazing grace!!
Amazing Grace – focusing on eternity
Above all, the grace of God sets you up for eternal glory. It takes you far beyond contentment with earthly possessions and exploits and sets you up for things more glorious and eternal. The grace of God does not just wash you from the earthly mud and dirt but goes on to dress you with the heavenly glory. His arms are wide open; open to bestow His grace upon you, if only you will reach out to Him. And my most favorite stanza in the amazing grace hymnal is the one that points to the excitement of eternity:
When we’ve been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise,
Than when we first begun
What an amazing grace! There is abundance of it for every one of us! Reach out.
Peter Mbada
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