Monk's Musings: Law or Grace?!

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 CORINTHIANS 3:18)

At one of our recent camps, we were challenged to live “grace-based lives” instead of “law-based lives”. The “Law” encourages us to set expectations, which as humans we fail, and then we deal out punishment, to others or even to ourselves! On the other hand, “Grace” encourages humility, confession, repentance and true change, in our own lives and those we love. Law or Grace, which of the two do we want?

The Fall colours remind us that everything is changing. Green turns to yellow, orange and red. Warm weather turns into crisp fresh days. This is inevitable change. But God, who planted His seed in our hearts, calls us to cooperate with the changes He wants to bring about in us. Whether we try “Law” or “Grace”, in both cases we are seeking positive change. However, God gave us His Law to show us our sinfulness and our desperate need of His Grace. The Law has no power to bring about lasting change, only by God’s Grace and His Holy Spirit, as we look to the Lord’s glory, can we really be transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory. Until we are like Christ. For that is the goal our Heavenly Father has set Himself: to make us like His Son Jesus Christ!

And so, may the Lord bless you this Fall, may God’s Law shine the spotlight on the necessary changes He wants to bring about in you, and may you experience His Grace as you humbly confess and allow God’s Spirit to transform you from the inside out.

With all our best wishes for the Fall Season,

Andrew “Monk” & Marianne “Tia” Nunn