Grace..
Wonderful Grace..
.and the Lord said My grace is sufficient for thee.. 11Cor 12v9
One day the Lord said: “My Grace.. Sufficient for every
need, greater than any circumstance..”
I would like to share with you how the Lord taught me about His
grace and how to apply it in our lives..
It had been one hell of a week.. things were going wrong on a
daily basis, my body was hurting and I was getting really fed up
and tired of the spiritual pressure that seemed endlessly against
me. I remember the evening well.. I walked up the driveway of our
little farmlet and onto the gravel road ready to ‘do
battle’ with the forces of darkness.. I went to quote the
Word of God in relation to my hurting body (which, for want of a
better description, seemed like one large blur of pain) but there
was nothing left. I was exhausted. I stood there.. almost
helpless.. when suddenly I heard myself say these words..
“Lord, I’m not going to shout at the devil any more,
I’m not even going to quote the Word .. I’m just
going to thank you that Your grace is sufficient for me: The
words barely escaped my lips.. barely as whisper.. I felt so weak
.. I began to walk (real slow!) down the road whilst whispering..
“Thankyou Lord for your grace for your strength is made
perfect in weakness.. Thankyou Lord for your grace for your
strength is made perfect in weakness.. I continued to thank God
and praise Him for His grace.. After about 15 minutes or so my
voice became stronger and I started to feel better. Encouraged I
kept going. After about an hour of this I was bouncing up and
down the road praising God (in a loud voice now) for his grace.
My body was well, my strength had returned and the Goodness of
God was all over me!
Lesson; Read 11Cor12 verses 1 through 10
Paul was having a really difficult time.. Because of the
revelations given to him, a thorn in the flesh, which Paul says
was a messenger (Greek word angelos – translated angel
everywhere else) of satan given to buffet, deal repeated blows,
to him (verse 7) Paul sought the Lord three times about getting
rid of this thing.. (verse 8) The Lord said to Paul. “My
grace is sufficient for thee for My strength is made perfect in
weakness” verse 9.. now look what Paul’s response
was.. “Most gladly therefore will I glory in my weaknesses
that the power of Christ may rest upon me… for when I am
weak, then am I strong” (verses 9 – 10)
Paul got a revelation about God’s grace, that when he was
weak, the Lord’s strength was made perfect! - when he was
weak, he became strong and he began to rejoice in this..”
That’s what I found out that evening. When I was exhausted
and had done all I could do.. there was Another ready to carry me
in His grace.. I just gave up trying and began to thank Him for
His grace and as I did so, His strength became perfect in my
weakness.. and all became well!
Jesus said at the cross “It is finished” The work the
Father had given Christ to do had been accomplished. Everything
necessary for mankind’s eternal redemption was now becoming
a reality.. not by our efforts but by the grace of God. Jesus
paid the price for the complete redemption of mankind. Spirit
soul and body, when He died and rose from the dead.
Been battling something that doesn’t seem to want to go
away? Then start to praise God for His Grace. Start to thank Him
that His strength is made perfect in your weakness. Jesus carried
our load.. just thank Him for it.. rejoice in your inability to
solve whatever is troubling you and thank Him for His grace. If
Heaven has a national anthem, it would have to be ‘Amazing
Grace’ Nothing compares with this amazing grace that has
made all things (note: all things, not some things) yours in
Christ..
As the late John G Lake, apostle to Africa said on the subject of
Paul’s thorn in the flesh. – He said “Dive in
Paul. Take all you want of the grace of God. It will fix your
thorn in the flesh and anything else that ails you!”
Jesus was tempted in every way we are yet without sin. Let us
therefore come boldly to the throne of grace (note what the
throne is called!) that we made obtain mercy and find grace to
help for every need. Hebrews 4 v 14-15 KJV
I love this translation:
“Jesus understands every weakness of
ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are but He did
not sin. So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely
before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated
with undeserved kindness and we will find help”
Hear that!~ You willbe treated with undeserved
kindness.. Amazing grace.. Sufficient for every need,
greater than any circumstance..
You willfind help.. His grace guarantees it.
God Bless
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