I am the Grace all that You need...!

II Corinthians 12:9 NKJV

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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† Shalom †......! Day #135. Do you know that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens us? Let us pray. Father, we thank You for Your grace that's enough for our salvation and You strength is manifested in our weakness. Thank You Lord for this privilege given to us. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Friends, His grace is more than enough for us to go on with our lives.  Because of His grace, we are saved. Because of His grace, our sins were forgiven. Because of His grace, we are able to come before God and cry out Abba Father. He strengthnes the weak, He gives power to the powerless. In His strength we are able to go through storms. His strength is made perfect in our weaknesses. We are abandoned to the Cross, fully dependant upon Jesus because He is the centre of our lives. Our source for everything.

When we study Scripture, there are times when a nuance provided by the meaning learned from the Bible’s original languages can rock us to the core. The Greek word order of 2 Corinthians 12:9 provides us with meaning we don’t want to miss: “Sufficient for you is the grace of me.” That is an incredible promise! Essentially the Lord told the apostle Paul, I am the grace. I’m all the grace you need.

God does not dispense strength and encouragement like a pharmacist fills a prescription. God never says, Here, take two of these and call Me in the morning. He is the grace. He is the strength. His presence is the power. All we need comes through intimacy with Him. No matter what we face, Jesus is the complete answer. “Sufficient for you is the grace of me.” He doesn’t give what we need and then go somewhere else. He comes to stay. “I am with you always” (Matthew 28:20).

Notice that the Lord explains how I’m all the grace you need actually works in our lives: “For my power is made perfect in weakness.” “Perfect” means fulfilled, accomplished, completed, finished. It’s the same term Jesus spoke as His final word on the cross, tetelestai, which means, “It is finished” (John 19:30). God brings His sufficient and powerful grace to the relationship; all we bring is weakness. All of this is grace because we can’t do anything to deserve what He does for us. And He makes sure the results are perfect and complete.

God wants His grace to be completed in your weakness. You never really experience the grace unless you see the need for it—and even that realization comes by grace. The power of Jesus' grace is not fully seen until weakness is fully acknowledged. The moment you are overwhelmed with your absolute helplessness is the moment you are ready to hear Jesus say, I’m all the grace you need.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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In His Majestic service,

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