Grace - Terrifying to Some

Each of us contends with a sense of duality:  we want to be independent, even though we know ourselves to be inadequate, and yet we also seek dependence on someone greater than ourselves, upon whose strength we can rest.  We swing between the fear of failure we experience through independence, and the fear we know must be risked by dependence upon another.  Tragically, for most of us, the fear of relying on the goodness and strength of another outweighs the predictable failures of our independence, and so we choose independence.  Moreover, when we are suspicious of something that is too good to be true, we become even more suspicious of those who are able accept and rely upon another.  This, my friend, is why some find it so hard to accept grace.  It terrifies them.  For when under grace, we are not in control and our merits are worthless.  Jesus came to liberate us of the weight of having to make it on our own.  The question is, are you willing to face the terror of relying Another's perfect performance?  It is a freedom you just might find rewarding and refreshing like none other.

Grace=Peace,

Jeremy