The Grace of God

The grace of God is often misunderstood. Far too many just equate grace with an incident in life that God protected them or the fact that their sins are forgiven. The grace of God is much more then that, grace is God's empowerment when we are weak, grace is God's strength when going through a difficult season of life and grace is God's anointing upon us broken vessel that the gospel will be known by others. The apostle Paul had what he called a thorn in his flesh. Many have debated exactly what that was but that is not what is important. What is important is that Paul was facing a difficult time and was weak. It is at this point God said to him II Corinthians 12:9 "But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest upon me." The desire that the apostle Paul had for the power of God helped him to keep time of weakness and the difficult times of life in their proper prespective. God is able to make all grace abound. God can strengthen and bring forth victory and give hope in the most difficult times. Whatever you maybe facing today I encourage you to pray for the grace of God to be manifested in your situation today. I acknowledge frequently that I am weak but then pray for the sufficiency of God's grace to come and strengthen me.
May the God of all power and love send forth His grace upon your life today.

Pastor John