“But grow in Grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 3:18. Grace proceeds from Christ. It is everything out of Him — everything that He is and everything that He has done. It includes everything that He has done in the past and everything that He is right now. Grace is what He is as our High Priest, what He is as the One indwelling our spirit, operating in us, energizing, inclining, doing that work inside of us to break down barriers, hardness, resistance, everything that we cannot do. He is in us operating, doing an inner work to soften our heart, to incline it, causing the love to flow, writing Himself into our mind, into our heart, into the way we are. Grace is He Himself operating and doing everything. It is not just in our initial salvation, but it is in everything after that. Grace is everything proceeding from Christ. “Out of His fullness we all have received.” As Paul said, “In that day every man will have his praise from God” (1 Cor. 4:5). Doesn’t this make you want to go for grace? Take the grace (Heb. 12:28). Enjoy the grace. Stop yourself. Do not live out of your works. Do not look at your self. Do not expect anything from yourself, but keep your gaze upon Him. Enjoy Him. And then let Him supply. Let Him funnel His life into you. And then you will be, we will all be, like Paul, “I labored more than they all, yet not I, but the grace with me.” There will be more giving. There will be more serving. There will be more care for one another. There will be more of the gospel. There will be more willingness to go to the ends of the earth for His testimony. And then the kingdom will come. That is what will happen because grace is with us. Amen -Benjamin. I
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 18:23:33 +0000
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