His Waves of Grace!
"And of His fullness we have
all received, and grace for grace."
John 1: 16
A famous hymn says, “When sorrows like sea billows roll.” But John
1:16
talks about another kind of billowing reality—“grace for grace.” The idea
seems to be drawn from the picture of ocean waves. Out of the fullness
of Jesus Christ, we constantly receive one wave of grace after another.
Just as a wave swells, curls, and crashes to the shore,
then recedes as another follows, so the grace of God
comes with endless waves of blessings.
God cares for us so deeply He records our sorrows.
Psalm 56:8 says: “You number my wanderings; put
my tears into Your bottle; are they not in Your book?”
In some way God captures our tears in His bottle and our pain in
His Book. In other words, He cares for every heart pang. He has
captured your tears in His bottle, then let the anointing oil of the
Holy Spirit bring comfort to your heart. And if He has written your
hurts in His heavenly book, open His earthly Book and find his
promise. You'll receive one wave of divine grace after another.
"Tears are the diamonds of heaven; sighs are a part of the
music of Jehovah’s court and are numbered with “the
most sublime strains that reach the majesty on high.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
