An Encounter With Grace
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We gathered around God’s gracious presence and heard how grace meets us even when our choices should have disqualified us. From Genesis 18:1–5 and 18:14, Abraham’s renewed encounter with the Lord showed that God can still appear, speak, and move toward fulfillment of His promise, even after Abraham and Sarah tried to “help” God in their own way. This encounter reminded us that nothing is too hard for the Lord and that God can put fresh clarity and timing on what He has promised.
We were challenged to respond rightly to grace: to stop repeatedly creating crises that require rescue, and instead grow in discipline, faithfulness, stewardship, and consistency. When grace shows up, we’re invited to seize the moment—asking boldly, “pass not away”—and to make room for grace by yielding to God rather than resisting Him. In God’s presence, we can ask for what we need, trust His ability, and live as people who accommodate grace so it can work fully in our lives.
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