Jesus, Gift of Eternal Grace.

 Jesus, Gift of Eternal Grace

A Reflection on Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 6:23, and John 1:16

Jesus, gift of eternal grace—not a wage for work well done,

Not a prize for races run, not a trophy for the one

Who strives and sweats and earns his way into the Father's heart.

No—grace is free, a brand‑new start.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8)

Eternal grace—not a temporary, fleeting aid,

But a river that was flowing before the world was made.

It is the kindness that pursued me when I ran the other way,

The love that would not let me go, the light that turned my night to day.

The gift—not earned, but given; not purchased, but bestowed.

It cost the Giver everything, yet to me it freely flowed.

The wages of my sin was death, a debt I could not pay,

But Jesus paid it all for me on that dark and dreadful day.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)

Eternal grace—not just a pardon for the past,

But power for the present, a hope that will outlast

The grave, the judgment, the fading of the stars.

Grace that heals the deepest wounds and breaks the prison bars.

So I receive this gift—not grasping, but with open hands.

I rest in what my Savior did, not in my own commands.

Jesus, gift of eternal grace—my boast, my song, my all.

I stand forgiven, justified, and I will never fall.

Out of His fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. (John 1:16)

Amen.