Give Me More Grace

1 Thessalonians 5:28……The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Let’s face it, no matter how gracious we are, we all have a long way to go before we will be like Jesus. No matter how hard we try, we all fall short of His mark. Therein lies the dichotomy; in our strength we will never do it but in our weakness we will succeed.

It is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that must flow through us, His grace, because only His grace is sufficient for us. When we recognise our inability to mimic His great grace and give up trying, through our surrender, He will release His grace to be poured into our challenging situations.

We all need more of His amazing grace to flow from us to others, but it does not fall upon us like ‘magic dust’ from heaven no matter how long we pray. No, to grow in grace the Lord allows us opportunities to exercise the grace we have and, since we never have enough, He stretches us to give us more.

How does He do this? Do you remember that really awkward person who started sitting in the seat next to you in church or that really difficult family that moved into the house next door? Those people were ‘grace-builders’ sent by the Lord in answer to your prayer for more grace.

Instead of complaining and getting annoyed, see the situation as a positive opportunity to grow in grace and start praising the Lord. You never know, you may be someone else’s grace-builder. Hallelujah!

Thank you lord Jesus for helping us to grow in grace. Amen