A TALE OF GOD’S GRACE

12/4/2022

"Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it." (1 Thessalonians 5:24).

Excuses do not birth destiny. Ecclesiastes 11:4 says “He who watches the wind [waiting for all conditions to be perfect] will not sow [seed], and he who looks at the clouds will not reap [a harvest].” Your so called shortcomings and inadequacies are not a factor with God. "I used to be a drug addict," “Nobody loves me” "I have never done it before," "I don't have the money,” "I dropped out of school," the excuses are unending. Let me say again, your so-called shortcomings and inadequacies are not a factor. Don’t magnify them above God's call and mercy on your life. Someone once said “Don’t let YESTERDAY take up too much of TODAY.” In other words, don’t fill your life with yesterday’s events that you can’t see what God is doing today.

Child of God, you are born again, the life and the nature of God came inside of you. From that very moment, you ceased to be a mess. Others may still call you a mess, but you are not! You have been called by the name of God. The ability of God is at work in you. This is why I will urge you to look away from those things that do not correspond with the Word. Look away from the failure, shortcomings, and inadequacies, and appropriate the divine life in you. See beyond fear, your mistakes, and what others have called you, and look at grace; embrace mercy. Hallelujah!

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 MSG says, "Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate, and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God." In other words, what you call a mess, God sees as a miracle. If God could make Moses a success with all his shortcomings, what can He not do with you? The good news is that in Christ, He already made you a success. So be bold! Walk in the light of God's will for your life because your life is a tale of God’s grace and mercy.

God bless you!

Faith-filled Confession:

I have God's divine ability at work in me; therefore, I know no impossibility. Notable achievements and miraculous successes describe my life. Today, my focus is on God and His kingdom. And because God is my priority, all other things are added to me; every need is met, in Jesus' name. Amen!”

ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Ezekiel 41-42; 2 Peter 1