Drive-Up Service

Drive-Up Service

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
Ephesians 6:24

Recommended Reading
Romans 16:20-27

Earlier this year, an Oregon man was driving his pickup truck down the street when he saw smoke billowing from the hood. His truck was on fire. There was no time to call 911, so the man pressed the gas pedal and drove straight to the McMinnville fire station. Flames were licking around the engine, but the firefighters quickly put it out. They've been joking ever since about their "new drive-up service."

Grace is God's drive-up service that helps us when life catches fire. We need it constantly, which is why the apostle Paul opened and closed so many of his letters with words like: "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." He told Timothy to "be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus" (2 Timothy 2:1). The writer of Hebrews bids us to come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16).

Grace is a word that conveys all that God does for us and gives to us through Jesus. It is God's Riches at Christ's Expense. It's the best remedy for an overheated life.

Between here and heaven, every minute that the Christian lives will be a minute of grace.
Charles Spurgeon