Dare to Take Your Place !

(Dare To Take Your Place) "But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward men appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing and regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit, Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs." (Titus 3:4- 6- 7). A Covenant of grace. That's what you and I have with Almighty God. If you could truly grasp the significance of that, you'd never be the same again. What exactly is a covenant of grace ? It's a relationship of favor that gives you access to someone else's power and authority. An illustration of a covenant of grace is the coveted the old Sicilian "family" members have with the "godfather" of the "family." In that group, a weak person might come in and asked the Don for a favor. The Don would say, "I will grant this failure and I will ask a favor of you, and when that time comes, I will collect it." Once that was said, the weak person would become excited. Suddenly he or she knew they would no longer have this problem because anyone who tried to rough them up would now have to face the godfather, the one with all the power and authority. Suddenly, that little guys or girls attitude will change. They would leave the presence of the head of the family in the full assurance that they didn't have anything to worry about. They was no longer small and powerless in their own mind. They had gained favor [grace] with the powerful. They'd walk out thinking, "Everything is handled. All I have to do now is whatever the Don asked me to do--- and the Don knows I don't have anything, so whatever he asked me to do, he'll provide the wherewithal to do it." That's grace. God's willingness to enter into blood covenant with you and I giving us everything he has in exchange for everything you and I have. He took our sins to give you an me his righteousness. He took your sicknesses to give you his health. He took your property in order to meet all your needs according to his riches in glory. Whenever he asked you to do something, he provides everything you need to carry it out. The great Jehovah, God of heaven and earth, is your Father God. Can you understand that ? If you're under the blood of Jesus, you've been made a covenant child of the most powerful being in the universe. Dad to take your place in the family be seated at the right hand of Jesus ! (Luke 4:14- 21)