2 Corinthians 12:9-10
But he said to me, "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.
Do you know that Lord's grace is sufficient for you? He always prepares sufficient grace for every kind of circumstance in life. That's how He was before, how He is now, and how He will be in the future. Back in the days of judges in the Old Testament time, every time the Israelites cry out to God, God always saved them just in time. In Psalms, every time David cried out to God in hardship, He always protected and saved Him. In the same manner, doesn't God always provide for our needs? Don't we always cheer for God's work? Why do we often feel sorrow in our hearts - Isn't the Lord always going to save us? Has His arms shortened? Not at all. The author of Psalm 77 cried out to God, saying: "I remembered my songs in the night. My heart mused and my spirit inquired: "Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again? Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time? Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?" Then I thought, "To this I will appeal: the years of the right hand of the Most High."
If you've ever experience the Lord's grace or touched by the Lord, you'd agree with what the author said. It's not that God cannot help us, but it all depends on how much we appeal to Him. If we depend on Him, Lord has promised that those who depend on Him shall never be ashamed. The author of Psalm 34 also said: "The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing." This promise, however, is conditional, because you must acknowledge before God that you are weak. Paul said that the Lord said "my power is made perfect in weakness." When we are weak, we'd humble our hearts and seek God's will. That's why the Lord said that "it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." Are there really people in the world who are completely healthy? Not really, there are only those who think they are healthy!
The problem with the believers today is that we're either too weak or our hearts are too hardened and don't want to depend on God. If you are willing to turn back to God, His grace is sufficient for you to use. May God give us a humble heart so that we may experience more of His grace in our lifetime.
Pray with Pastor Tong
Lord, we thank you because your grace is sufficient for us, and it's even more than what we can ask for or imagine. May the Lord give us a humble heart so that we will depend on you and gain strength from you in our daily lives. I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!
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