The Beauty of God's Grace

These are the lyrics to Mercy Me's song "Beautiful":


The days will come when you don't have the strength
When all you hear is you're not worth anything
Wondering if you could ever be loved
And if they truly saw your heart they'd see too much

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His
You're beautiful
And praying that you have the heart to find
Cause you are more than what is hurting you tonight
For all the lies you've held inside so long
And they are nothing in the shadow of the cross
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His
You're beautiful

Before you ever took a breath
Long before the world began
Of all the wonders He possessed
There was one more precious
Of all the earth and skys above
You're the one He madly loves
Enough to death
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
In His eyes
You're beautiful
You were meant for so much more than all of this

You're beautiful
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You're meant for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His

This song reminds us of how much God loves us for who we are and thinks we are beautiful no matter what. We are beautiful because Christ has shed his blood for us and we are new creations. Made in Christ's image, we are beautiful in God's eyes. 1 Samuel 16:7 says " Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” Then, Song of Soloman 4:7 says "You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you." This is how God sees all of us! We don't deserve it at all, but He sees us as flawless because of His grace and because of Jesus! When Jesus died on the cross, He bridged the gap between us and God.
One of my favorite songs called "O, how he loves us" says " if grace is an ocean, we're all sinking." I don't think there is a better way to describe the immensity of God's grace. It also says "We are His portion and He is our prize, drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes." My question to you is, do our lives show that He is our prize? Do we prize Him, praising Him and giving glory to Him through everything that we do? I know that I don't do this consistently. I'm selfish; you are selfish; we are all selfish. It's a fact. And it's why we need the grace of God! But, we cannot constantly give excuses and continue to sin the same sins and ignore it. That's not showing other people that we prize God above all. I encourage you to think about that. It's something that has been on my mind lately. I want my life to show that I know and understand the depth of the grace I have been given, and that I want God to always be my utmost prize. I know it is a struggle because it is a radical change to do this daily, but we can surely strive to do so.