Grace Ahead

The more I thought about this morning's message and the principle of reaping and sowing the more I wonder how does grace fit into this picture? It seems to me that grace is always forward. Grace is always ahead. We talk a lot about prevenient grace, that is God's grace that goes before before us, often times behind the scenes. It is this grace that draws us to God. This grace is before us. Justifying grace is that grace we find we receive forgiveness for our sins and we stand holy, clean before God. It is there for us at any time any day we simply have to reach for it. It is always before us. Sanctifying grace is that grace working in our lives bringing us closer to that place of "perfection." It too is before us. Yes, we reap what we sow. When you sow bad seeds, you will reap from those seeds. It is up to you whether you stay there or not. God's grace says get up and move forward. You get a second chance to get it right. The problem is we want to go back and fix the past. The past cannot be fixed, you can find forgiveness and healing, but the past is the past. The future is wide open. Second chance grace is always ahead. Our tendency is to be like Lot's wife and look back to the past. Genesis 19:26 "But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt." We can't go back, grace is ahead!