Year 5, Day 306: Proverbs 15

Theological Commentary: Click Here

Discipleship Focus: Grace

• Grace: Grace comes to us when we make mistakes and have a failing of character.  Grace comes to us when we have a typical D₂ moment.  Grace comes to us when we need space to recognize a mistake, repent of it, and allow God to redeem it while calling us back into His will.  Grace is partnered by Time and Vision.

Yesterday we spoke about how important forgiveness is because we all make mistakes.  None of us enjoys being seen in fault.  But there is another dynamic at work in partnership with forgiveness.  With forgiveness we experience grace.  Grace comes to us when we make mistakes and are given an opportunity to continue forward anyways.

We see this dynamic in several places in Proverbs 15.  In the first verse we hear that a soft answer turns away wrath.  In verse 4 we hear that a gentle tongue is a tree of life.  In verse 18 we hear that a hot-tempered response stirs up trouble while those who are slow to anger quiets contention. 

What we need to understand about life is that it is best lived in grace.  It is best experienced by others when we live it in grace.  It is most enjoyed by ourselves when we live in their grace.  Grace simply makes the world go around better.

<><