Greetings my friends, this epiphany is for the twenty-seventh day of the eleventh month in the year 2010. I am giving thanks today for the Sufficient Grace that has been bestowed. In my human efforts to try to please a Holy God, every now and then I fall short. I would be lost, if it were not for the sufficiency of the Grace of God. Recently we talked about "good and plenty" in reference to the mercy of God. I have found that He also provides Sufficient Grace for my journey. My desire to live a life that pleases my savior, requires Sufficient Grace. I cannot earn this special favor; it is a gift from God. There is nothing I can do to repay Him for this Sufficient Grace. It is the Sufficient Grace that keeps me with a peaceful mind and content heart. Sufficient Grace holds back the punishment due to me for the displeasing behavior I exhibit on some occasions. If not for the Sufficient Grace of God...I would be lost, we would have no hope beyond this life. I thank God that sufficient grace does not expire. God is so faithful...He gives me favor, despite myself. I receive His grace and glory as the Psalmist wrote in Psalms 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. And my friend as we try to walk uprightly, and we find that we have challenges in doing so...just as God reminded Paul, Sufficient Grace is mine for the asking...and the strength of God is made perfect in my weakness. Be strong my friends, and dwell in the secret place of the Father's Sufficient Grace.
As I turn to page 25, chapter 2012, I have taken a moment, just a moment to turn back and review some of the previous chapters. I look back and am reminded of the miracles I have experienced. I am reminded of the miracle that I am. As I look back, just a few chapters, I see an amazing story of a woman kept, a soul saved, a heart committed to the lover there of. As I look back, I see that on several occasions, I did not understand what was going on at the time of the actual writing, but now, I can see that everything is working together for good. I read over places where the challenges seemed overwhelming and changes did not make sense, but as I read further, I saw the benefit of each and every trial. I look back and review the pages of this book, the author is brilliant, the pieces did not seem to fit, but He brought them all together. Just like a puzzle, I can now see every piece fitly joined together. I did not notice then...
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