My grace is sufficient for thee.
We’ve been doing this blog for almost 2 ½ months now and the subject has expanded from grace, to grace and truth. And I have opened myself up to be as transparent as I can be and I think we have covered a lot of territory….many aspects of grace. But I still cannot say that I understand the grace of God that much. Do you know what I’m saying? I’m thinking about PAUL the great apostle of the cross…the Christian faith, (not religion)…he’s not the only one but next to Jesus Himself, Paul probably did more to expand the vision of the Gospel than any other man. And yet he asked God to remove his thorn in the flesh and guess what God told him./…..My grace is sufficient for thee. What kind of answer is that …after all hadn’t Paul been used mightily in the gifts? Had he not prayed for the sick, had he not cast out demons by the Word of God?
And now he’s asking God to deliver him from this messenger SENT FROM Satan to buffet him, beating on him In my thinking I too have asked the lord for specific things as TIME SLIPS BY things regarding my spirituality…..other needs as well that would seem good
If God would answer right away and even work a miracle or two but He says to me also, “My grace is all you need.” I have been doing this blog thinking I’m doing a good thing, shedding some light, helping some body else and I still have a whole lot to learn myself about His grace.
Getting back to Paul and my asking , “what kind of answer is that?” I am not being irreverent or am I questioning God….I’m trying to find the reason from God’s word for answering Paul’s request in that fashion
And I come to the same conclusion as before(remember Paul asked three times) the conclusion being that Jesus is always right, He’s never wrong so it must follow that there is something about grace that is better sometimes than deliverance. Have I missed the point? Help me if I have. Living with a burden that is wearing me down is best when I am living with it and appropriating His grace in all of it’s aspects and power than being delivered because it draws me closer to Him.
That is why the apostle could say, “Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” And the reason he said all that is because Jesus told him, “My strength is made perfect in weakness.” You can read this in 2 Cor. 12:7-10. “Lest I should be exalted” that was the reason for the buffeting, but the benefits outweighed any buffeting Satan could come up with…Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ….He is Grace and He is Truth. I found the answer to my question. And I shall let His strength be made perfect from now on in my weakness.
Thank You Jesus….Hallelujah!
We’ve been doing this blog for almost 2 ½ months now and the subject has expanded from grace, to grace and truth. And I have opened myself up to be as transparent as I can be and I think we have covered a lot of territory….many aspects of grace. But I still cannot say that I understand the grace of God that much. Do you know what I’m saying? I’m thinking about PAUL the great apostle of the cross…the Christian faith, (not religion)…he’s not the only one but next to Jesus Himself, Paul probably did more to expand the vision of the Gospel than any other man. And yet he asked God to remove his thorn in the flesh and guess what God told him./…..My grace is sufficient for thee. What kind of answer is that …after all hadn’t Paul been used mightily in the gifts? Had he not prayed for the sick, had he not cast out demons by the Word of God?
And now he’s asking God to deliver him from this messenger SENT FROM Satan to buffet him, beating on him In my thinking I too have asked the lord for specific things as TIME SLIPS BY things regarding my spirituality…..other needs as well that would seem good
If God would answer right away and even work a miracle or two but He says to me also, “My grace is all you need.” I have been doing this blog thinking I’m doing a good thing, shedding some light, helping some body else and I still have a whole lot to learn myself about His grace.
Getting back to Paul and my asking , “what kind of answer is that?” I am not being irreverent or am I questioning God….I’m trying to find the reason from God’s word for answering Paul’s request in that fashion
And I come to the same conclusion as before(remember Paul asked three times) the conclusion being that Jesus is always right, He’s never wrong so it must follow that there is something about grace that is better sometimes than deliverance. Have I missed the point? Help me if I have. Living with a burden that is wearing me down is best when I am living with it and appropriating His grace in all of it’s aspects and power than being delivered because it draws me closer to Him.
That is why the apostle could say, “Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” And the reason he said all that is because Jesus told him, “My strength is made perfect in weakness.” You can read this in 2 Cor. 12:7-10. “Lest I should be exalted” that was the reason for the buffeting, but the benefits outweighed any buffeting Satan could come up with…Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ….He is Grace and He is Truth. I found the answer to my question. And I shall let His strength be made perfect from now on in my weakness.
Thank You Jesus….Hallelujah!
posted by Randall | 5:28 a.m.
1 Comments:
Randy and Judy: You have found a truth that Bob and I found when Bob was going through a realy bad time with his heart and we couldn't understand why God just didn't heal him. However, we have proven That HIS GRACE is sufficient and He will not give us more than we can bear. Each day it is always just the right amout of Grace that we need. Praise Him for HIS faithfulness. Looking forward to reading you Bible Study notes and Thanking God for the great turn out.
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