What is Jesus full of? Is He full of condemnation? Is He full of judgement? Is He full of criticism, divisiveness, and bitterness? Is He filled with opinions about us? Is He filled with unanswerable questions? Or is He full of grace and truth?

Jesus is, in present fact, “full of grace and truth.” This means that each time we look to Him we should be seeing grace and truth for this is what He is full of. This is another part of our birthright as children of God, the right to see our God as He truly is, “full of grace and truth.” Whatever we receive from Jesus, from the “glory of the only begotten,” let us always receive from His hand in the light of His grace and truth.

Even if we feel God is revealing something painful to us, there’s never a harsh truth from God given to us for His truth is always covered with His grace towards us. God’s glorious grace, which He is full of, infuses every bit of truth of Himself and how He deals with us.

In the Old Testament we are told that, in the Holy of Holies, God was said to reside upon the mercy seat. This meant that the ark of the covenant, which contained the 10 commandments on stone, the budded rod of Aaron, and a jar of manna, were all covered by God’s mercy (Hebrews 9:4). We see here a beautiful representation of God’s mercy being over all His works.

Today we are given a similar truth. When we received Christ, at that moment we also became a work of God. “We are His workmanship” Paul wrote (Eph 2:10). Scripture tells us that when we approach God, we are to “draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16). Hallelujah! Jesus is full of grace and truth for us today! His throne is always covered with grace towards us. His grace bids us, lovingly entreats us and causes us to draw near to Him.

God’s truth, all on its own, might cause us to pause and to wonder if we are worthy to approach His throne at all. God’s truth alone, seen apart from the Person of Christ, may make us feel like fleeing and hiding instead of drawing near. But the grace that our Savior is full of, the truth of His eternal disposition of grace towards us, gives us the confidence, the boldness even, compelling us to draw near to His throne, knowing without a doubt that we will receive His “mercy and grace to help.” Jesus is full of grace and truth and His grace is here to be our help. And what’s even better is knowing that grace is not only what He gives, but grace is Who He is - He is full of grace and truth. His glory is full of grace and truth. He is always full of grace and truth. We can faithfully depend upon His grace and truth on our behalf because this is His nature.

“And we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” O may it be that from this time forward whenever we look to our Lord (and may this be ever-increasing), let us always first recognize Him for Who He is, our “full of grace and truth” God. In His Own light, the light of Himself, we will always be drawn to Him by the welcoming beacon of His grace and truth. God’s grace always says, “I’m here to help, not to hurt. I’m here to heal, not to harm. I’m here to love and that’s My truth.”