Unwrapping Grace

Grace doesn’t just cover you—it calls you higher.

If there’s one thing I’ll never win an award for, it’s gift wrapping. I’m not a crafty person. My corners are uneven, the tape always ends up stuck to my sleeve, and those perfect Pinterest-worthy bows? Yes, definitely not my ministry.

But here’s the thing about wrapping paper—it’s never about the paper. You can cover a gift in the fanciest ribbon and metallic gold trim, but the real beauty is in what’s underneath. The wrapping gets torn, tossed, forgotten… but what’s inside changes everything.

That’s what grace is like.

When Jesus stepped into this world, grace showed up wrapped in humanity—and then unwrapped itself on a cross. It was the type of grace the didn’t just whisper, “You’re forgiven,” but it also declared this beautiful truth, “You’re free.”

It’s the strength that picks you up, wipes the dust off, and reminds you—you’re not who you were. You’re not defined by what you did, what was done to you, or what didn’t work out. You are who He says you are. Period.

And get this. We usually think of Grace as being fragile, but the reality is, it’s fierce.
It’s what turned ordinary fishermen into history-makers. It’s what flipped a persecutor named Paul into a preacher who wouldn’t quit. It’s what meets you right in the middle of your real life—bills, deadlines, laundry piles and all—and breathes supernatural power into the ordinary.

Because grace isn’t permission to live small. It’s power to live called.

Romans 6:14 says it like this: “Sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.” That means you don’t walk around begging God for scraps of mercy—you walk in the fullness of what He already gave you. Grace is your covering, your confidence, and your comeback all in one.

So this Christmas, as you wrestle with wrapping paper and tape that sticks where it shouldn’t, remember this: you don’t have to dress your life up to make yourself feel worthy. Grace already did that.

You are not wrapped in failure. You are wrapped in favor. And that, my friend, is the gift that keeps on giving.