Message summary: The nature of God is that He is always "full of grace". Since He is immutable this fullness is constant, not intermittent. His fullness of grace is never depleted and never needs replenished. Although grace has been poured out abundantly from the very beginning, God is always, present tense, full of grace. There is no less grace available for our need now than there was for Noah, Paul or anyone else who has ever lived.

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“The Word … who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). "For from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace" (John 1:16)

This morning I was out very early transporting Amish teachers to their schools in a light rain. I had my windshield wipers set to a helpful design feature we likely now take for granted, intermittence. That is they turn on and off at predetermined intervals.

I'm old enough to remember having cars that didn't have this feature. How many recall the annoying squeaky sound constantly running wipers would make when driving in light rain?

The intermittent wiper was invented by Robert William Kearns an American mechanical engineer. He modeled his mechanism on the human eye, which blinks every few seconds.

In the case of windshield wipers intermittence is a helpful and purposeful design feature but in other areas of life we don't want to see things working intermittently. We appreciate a steady supply of electricity. We would call the power company if our power came on and off unpredictability. Likewise in regard to our bodies we want our hearts to beat steadily, not turn on and off at random times. That would sure be a mess!

Today we consider the constancy of God's grace. Praise the Lord His grace is not intermittent!

God has been dispensing grace to the fallen human race at least since he sought out a hiding Adam and Eve and asked, “Where are you?” The first reference to the word “grace” in the Bible is in Genesis 6:8, “Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” From the very beginning God has been pouring out His grace and He continues to abundantly do so.

The nature of God is that He is always “full of grace". Since He is immutable this fullness is constant, not intermittent. His fullness of grace is never depleted and never needs replenished. Although grace has been poured out abundantly from the very beginning, God is always “full of grace". There is no less grace available for our need than there was for Noah or Paul or anyone else who has ever lived.

"I Believe" is a song that reinforces this truth. We will post a link to it below. It begins:

Be encouraged today!  Hebrews 3:13

Stephen & Brooksyne Weber