Grace for Granted

“We then, as workers together with Him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.  (For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)” (2 Corinthians 6:1,2). 

The grace of God may be received,

Yet we may hold its wealth in vain,

For though we’re saved since we’ve believed,

There’s much that we may lose or gain.

The grace of God that saves the soul

Equips us now to live with power.

Abundant life lived to the full

Is found in Christ for every hour.

The riches of God’s grace sublime  

Abound to meet our every need.

If we do not redeem the time,

Then we have wasted grace indeed.

The harvest waits; the fields are white:

The Lord now bids us lift our eyes.

Proclaim His grace!  The time is right,

And he who wins a soul is wise.

Lord, as the deer for water panted,

We quenched our thirst by Your salvation.

We wouldn’t take Your grace for granted,

But grow now in its application!