SUFFICIENT GRACE
Text: John 5:2-9
By: Adeaga O. Favour
My wife and I got discussing recently and she said there must have been a grace that sustained Jesus in the face of all the troubles he went through on his way to the cross such that he didn't back out, and I quite agreed with her.
When he became weary and about giving up, Luke 22:43 says about Jesus that "there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him." The strength to accomplish one's assignment can be supplied through grace because grace is like a lubricating oil that keeps us going despite all odds.
After much prayers to take the thorn in his flesh away, Paul confessed that God told him "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness," 2Cor 12:9. When grace is at work, our weaknesses notwithstanding, is covered us so that God's strength is all that is seen in us.
REFLECTION FOR TODAY:
When your strength seems to be failing, hanging on grace is of importance.
PRAY:
Father, I receive a fresh baptism of the Spirit of grace in Jesus' name.