Life's Not Fair

And this life sentence I’m serving
I admit, that I’m every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair
* From the Relient K song, “Be My Escape”

Have you ever really pondered the issue of grace? You know, the idea that God saves, forgives, etc., even though we don’t do anything to earn it? It is a question I must address every day.

I think the above lyric that is most profound is the last line: But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair. We often think that things happen to us that are unfair, but if we are honest, God’s grace is indeed “unfair”. God said it best (through Paul), “For the wages of sin is death...” (Romans 3:23, NIV). If we get what is truly “fair”, we get death. But God’s grace displayed on the cross takes care of what we deserve...thus, “grace makes life not fair”! Praise God for an unfair life!

This is just something that has perplexed so many over the years. It seems that everything in our being wants to think that we have to "earn gold stars" with God to get enough points. Ephesians 2:8 states, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—" Then there are the "legalists", who seem to have fear that we will "take grace for granted" and use it as an excuse to just sin like crazy. While I do believe that God's grace is big enough to cover all sin, folks who I like to call "pray for forgiveness tomorrow"-Christians are showing their lack of maturity (and in some cases, faith) with this attitude. Romans 6:1-3 refutes that attitude well.

So, let's just be in awe of God's love for us, that He would give this gift to us...let's just live in gratitude as a result.