Grace, God's power freely given

If you have been in the world very long, you have learned that there are very few days that go exactly the way we would like them to go. Thankfully, God is never going to put us in a situation without giving us the ability to be in it with joy.


I believe God gives us His special grace for every situation. Here is how I like to define grace: God's power to help us do whatever it is we need to do. You can have that power today, but you have to receive it, and the only way to receive it is by faith. Romans 12:3 says that "God has allotted to each a measure of faith."


Ask yourself today, "What am I doing with my faith?" Are you putting your faith in yourself, or in others, or in your circumstances? That is not living in grace, that is just living by your own strength and works. And it would not get the job done!


But when you release your faith and trust God to do what you can't do, you are putting your faith in Him. Then grace, God's power, will come through the channel of faith and will enable you to do things that will amaze you and others. 


Here is my longer definition of grace: It is God's power coming to us freely, meaning it does not cost us anything other than just putting our faith in God, enabling us to do with ease what we could never do in our own with any amount of struggle or effort. 


Put your faith in God. He wants to give you His grace today.


Prayer starter: God, I know that life would not always go the way I want it to, but I trust in You. By faith, I receive Your grace, the power You have freely given to help me walk through any situation I face today. 

**Joyce Meyer

Romans 12:3

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.