Abounding Grace

Synopsis Psalms 78:12-39 1/6/2022 

The psalm writer reflected on God’s faithfulness. During the exodus, he remembered how God had been faithful to provide for the needs of the people. However, no matter how much they received, they always wanted more. And they persistently doubted that God could adequately provide for them.  

Their unfaithfulness provoked God’s wrath. As a result, many of their strongest people died suddenly. With this observation, the psalmist reflected on the irony that the Israelites sought God only after experiencing God’s wrath.  

Still, God was merciful because He knew that men were short-lived and shortsighted.   

Abounding Grace 

I am a sinner. Part of the experience of living as a sinner is God’s overwhelming grace and mercy. The revealed reality of Jesus Christ is that no person is ever beyond forgiveness. God loves in such a way that He is always willing to forgive.  

And His forgiveness is what causes most people to desire the possibility of relationship with Him.  

So much so that sometimes it seems the experience of sinning, and then receiving forgiveness for my sins, is the most palpable encounter I may ever have with God. So, the natural temptation is to think that my sin somehow produces the experience of God’s mercy and grace.  

But be assured, there is a better way to blessing. 

“What then shall we say? Shall we persist in sin that grace may abound? Of course not! How can we who died to sin yet live in it?” Rom 6:1-2