More Grace

Psalms 124; 2 Corinthians 11-13 

“…’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. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

2 Corinthians 12:9, 10

Paul understood God’s grace, or unmerited favor and power, best expressed and most evident in his weakness. Paul boasted in his persecution for the sake of the gospel as one of the ways God’s grace and humility continued to grow in his life. When we avoid persecution through fear, and hardships by avoiding risk-taking obedience, we can also miss the grace of God. The persecuted church is often the praying church. In prayer, we receive fresh outpourings of God’s grace and power. In our hardships we call out to God for strength, provision, and his presence.

What challenges is the Lord inviting us to surrender to him for fresh grace and power today?

“Lord Jesus, you are my sufficiency, and I trust in you. My weakness is your strength, for your glory.”