Imagine what our lives would be if God insisted on apologies before He offered grace.
We are notoriously slow to name the ways we’ve wounded Him and turned our backs upon His love. Our pride builds silent arguments for why we acted as we did, hoping that what goes unsaid might also go unnoticed.
But heaven doesn’t wait until we speak the painful truth about our willful, aching brokenness. The Bible tells us how true love behaves: “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them” (2 Cor 5:19).
The Father took—and takes—initiative. He closed—and closes—up the gap. He moved—and moves—when we are stuck and proud and far too foolish to admit how fully lost we are. “For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of His Son while we were still His enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of His Son” (Rom 5:10).
Embrace the love that cannot bear to let you stay unheld and unredeemed.
And stay in grace.
—Bill Knott