Overflowing Grace
Overflowing Grace
Overflowing Grace
The focus word for today is ‘Overflowing Grace’.
The focus verse for today is 2 Corinthians 12: 9 says, ‘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 on me.’
Today, let’s all declare together ‘Grace empowers me beyond human limits; weakness becomes strength in Christ.’
Grace Is God’s Strength At Work In Human Weakness
Let’s go into the context of 2 Corinthians 12. God revealed to Paul things that were never revealed before to any man before him. God revealed about things that were to come, prophesies and visions. When this happened, a little bit of pride started creeping into Paul, as he was chosen by God with information that was exclusive. It is said in the Word of God, that to keep this pride in check, Satan was appointed. Paul prayed to God three times. To his prayer, God did not give Paul an expected response, instead he gave Paul the gift of sustaining grace. There are two types of grace: saving and sustaining grace. The sinners that we are, were saved by God’s saving grace. We are rescued from the pit of fire and pit of sins through God’s saving grace. From then on, our journey of salvation begins. Once we begin this journey, we might go through hardships and difficulties and it is the sustaining grace that carries us through. When Paul prayed he was given sustaining grace by God. The day-to-day grace that we experience is the sustaining grace. This is an overflowing grace.
Hebrews 4:16 says, ‘Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.’
1 Corinthians 15:10 says, ‘But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.’
2 Timothy 2:1 says, ‘You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.’
Grace is not merely God’s pardon. It is God’s empowering presence. It’s his Emmanuel presence.
Matthew 28:20 says, ‘and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”’
God Sometimes Leaves A Struggle To Produce A Greater Dependence
Sometimes God doesn’t remove certain obstacles from our life because he wants us to place greater dependence on him. A thorn was placed in Paul’s life and he prayed to God to remove this thorn. However, God gave him his sustaining grace instead, to ensure that pride does not take over Paul and he places his dependence on God. God wanted Paul to depend more and more on him. Sometimes, God removes the war and the problems to ensure that peace prevails, but sometimes God does not remove this to make sure that we place greater dependence on him and through this challenge he brings about goodness in us.
Deuteronomy 8:2 says, ‘ Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.’
God led the Israelites through the wilderness for forty years to humble them and to bring out the impurities in them. It is only when the impurities are brought out, that God can purify a person. Gold and silver is put under fire several times to make sure that all its impurities seep out. Under the heat, slowly the metal is refined to its purest and most valuable form. This is the same way believers are purified in God’s eyes.
John 15:2 says, ‘He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.’
Psalm 119:71 says, ‘It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.’
What we call intervention, God calls preparation.
Grace Turns Weakness Into A Platform For God’s Glory
Paul eventually stopped boasting about his strengths and began boasting about God’s strength and glory. When God revealed to Paul things that were not revealed to Peter, John, Andrew or Thomas, pride creeped into his heart. Every time this pride took a hold of him, he was afflicted by Satanic torment. Through this torment, Paul’s boastfulness left him. Paul says, ‘if I want to boast, I will boast in the Lord or I will boast of my weakness’. It is in his weakness that God’s glory is revealed.
The world admires self-sufficiency, but the kingdom of heaven celebrates God dependency.
Isaiah 40:29 says, ‘He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.’
Psalm 73:26 says, ‘My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.’
Philippians 4:13 says, ‘ I can do all this through him who gives me strength.’
The greatest testimonies are often born from places of weaknesses.
Grace Is Sufficient For Every Season
God’s grace is more than sufficient for us for all our seasons of life. Have you sinned today? God's grace is sufficient. Are you addicted to something in your life? God’s grace is sufficient. Have you ever felt stuck in your life? Almost like you are sinking into the dirt, the more you try to escape, the deeper you fall. Grace is sufficient to bring you out.
When Paul was troubled, God did not give Paul an unlimited explanation, he promised sufficient grace and his grace was sufficient. It was not grace for next year or next day, Paul was given grace for today.
Matthew 6:34 says, ‘Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.’
While each day has its own troubles, there is also renewed grace everyday.
Lamentations 3:23 says, ‘They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.’
God’s grace is renewed and refreshed everyday.
Psalm 68:19 says. ‘Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.’
Our Lord’s shoulder is strong enough and broad enough to carry all the worries of the world. God is not expecting us to face today’s problems with yesterday’s grace. There is new grace every day. It’s refreshed and renewed to face the challenges of that day. Fresh problems. Fresh grace. To demonstrate this to the Israelites, during their journey through the wilderness, God gave them fresh manna everyday. If they saved up yesterday’s manna for tomorrow, it would rot away. We must seek God’s face everyday, we must read his word everyday for your daily spiritual manna.
God has given us enough sustaining grace to deal with all the problems that we face today. Remember - Fresh problems, fresh grace.
The focus verse for today is 2 Corinthians 12: 9 says, ‘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 on me.’
Today, let’s all declare together ‘Grace empowers me beyond human limits; weakness becomes strength in Christ.’
Grace Is God’s Strength At Work In Human Weakness
Let’s go into the context of 2 Corinthians 12. God revealed to Paul things that were never revealed before to any man before him. God revealed about things that were to come, prophesies and visions. When this happened, a little bit of pride started creeping into Paul, as he was chosen by God with information that was exclusive. It is said in the Word of God, that to keep this pride in check, Satan was appointed. Paul prayed to God three times. To his prayer, God did not give Paul an expected response, instead he gave Paul the gift of sustaining grace. There are two types of grace: saving and sustaining grace. The sinners that we are, were saved by God’s saving grace. We are rescued from the pit of fire and pit of sins through God’s saving grace. From then on, our journey of salvation begins. Once we begin this journey, we might go through hardships and difficulties and it is the sustaining grace that carries us through. When Paul prayed he was given sustaining grace by God. The day-to-day grace that we experience is the sustaining grace. This is an overflowing grace.
Hebrews 4:16 says, ‘Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.’
1 Corinthians 15:10 says, ‘But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.’
2 Timothy 2:1 says, ‘You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.’
Grace is not merely God’s pardon. It is God’s empowering presence. It’s his Emmanuel presence.
Matthew 28:20 says, ‘and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”’
God Sometimes Leaves A Struggle To Produce A Greater Dependence
Sometimes God doesn’t remove certain obstacles from our life because he wants us to place greater dependence on him. A thorn was placed in Paul’s life and he prayed to God to remove this thorn. However, God gave him his sustaining grace instead, to ensure that pride does not take over Paul and he places his dependence on God. God wanted Paul to depend more and more on him. Sometimes, God removes the war and the problems to ensure that peace prevails, but sometimes God does not remove this to make sure that we place greater dependence on him and through this challenge he brings about goodness in us.
Deuteronomy 8:2 says, ‘ Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.’
God led the Israelites through the wilderness for forty years to humble them and to bring out the impurities in them. It is only when the impurities are brought out, that God can purify a person. Gold and silver is put under fire several times to make sure that all its impurities seep out. Under the heat, slowly the metal is refined to its purest and most valuable form. This is the same way believers are purified in God’s eyes.
John 15:2 says, ‘He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.’
Psalm 119:71 says, ‘It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.’
What we call intervention, God calls preparation.
Grace Turns Weakness Into A Platform For God’s Glory
Paul eventually stopped boasting about his strengths and began boasting about God’s strength and glory. When God revealed to Paul things that were not revealed to Peter, John, Andrew or Thomas, pride creeped into his heart. Every time this pride took a hold of him, he was afflicted by Satanic torment. Through this torment, Paul’s boastfulness left him. Paul says, ‘if I want to boast, I will boast in the Lord or I will boast of my weakness’. It is in his weakness that God’s glory is revealed.
The world admires self-sufficiency, but the kingdom of heaven celebrates God dependency.
Isaiah 40:29 says, ‘He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.’
Psalm 73:26 says, ‘My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.’
Philippians 4:13 says, ‘ I can do all this through him who gives me strength.’
The greatest testimonies are often born from places of weaknesses.
Grace Is Sufficient For Every Season
God’s grace is more than sufficient for us for all our seasons of life. Have you sinned today? God's grace is sufficient. Are you addicted to something in your life? God’s grace is sufficient. Have you ever felt stuck in your life? Almost like you are sinking into the dirt, the more you try to escape, the deeper you fall. Grace is sufficient to bring you out.
When Paul was troubled, God did not give Paul an unlimited explanation, he promised sufficient grace and his grace was sufficient. It was not grace for next year or next day, Paul was given grace for today.
Matthew 6:34 says, ‘Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.’
While each day has its own troubles, there is also renewed grace everyday.
Lamentations 3:23 says, ‘They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.’
God’s grace is renewed and refreshed everyday.
Psalm 68:19 says. ‘Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.’
Our Lord’s shoulder is strong enough and broad enough to carry all the worries of the world. God is not expecting us to face today’s problems with yesterday’s grace. There is new grace every day. It’s refreshed and renewed to face the challenges of that day. Fresh problems. Fresh grace. To demonstrate this to the Israelites, during their journey through the wilderness, God gave them fresh manna everyday. If they saved up yesterday’s manna for tomorrow, it would rot away. We must seek God’s face everyday, we must read his word everyday for your daily spiritual manna.
God has given us enough sustaining grace to deal with all the problems that we face today. Remember - Fresh problems, fresh grace.
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