Many people forget or mis-interperate God's grace.
They have reached the point of realising that grace is God's unconditional and abundant goodness and favour towards us, regardless of our behaviour. But grace is not magic - it doesn't nullify free-will - we still need to consciously allow God's grace to impact, empower and improve us into ever increasing glory.
There is an "effort" on our part in order for us to actually encounter and taste ABUNDANT goodness, and the "effort" is this:
To personally KEEP KNOWING (on a daily basis) - To constantly soak and saturate our thinking/minds with God's grace (i.e His desire and plan to bless, prosper, heal restore and increase us from glory to glory).
I feel that many have sunk into a deceptive comfort zone regarding the message of God's grace - they think that just because they are exposed to a grace message or go to a "grace-embracing" church, that God's grace will automatically manifest in its fullness (in many ways it does to be honest - God is good to us constantly without us even realising it...but there is MORE to receive!)
People who have become bored and frustrated with the grace message are feeling that way only because they are hearing it preached at/to them. The power and restorative effect of God's grace becomes such an exciting and life-changing revelation when we actually press into it and grab ahold of it, with the knowledge that indeed it is the "missing link" to an inexplicably abundant life!
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