Thursday, March 5, 2020

GOD’S ALL-SUFFICIENT GRACE - Part 1

You have God’s sufficient grace to sustain you.

Paul’s life underscored this truth. He wrote “There was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the LORD to take it away from me. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness’.” (2 Corinthians 12:7b-9a)

A thorn in the flesh. Such vivid imagery. The sharp end of a thorn pierces the soft skin in life and lodges beneath the surface. Every step is a reminder of the thorn in the flesh.

The cancer in the body. The sorrow in the heart. The child in the rehab center. The red ink on the ledger. The felony on the record. The craving for whiskey in the middle of the day. The tears in the middle of the night. The thorn in the flesh.

“Take it away,” you’ve pleaded. Not once, twice, or even three times. You’ve outprayed Paul. He prayed a sprint; you’ve prayed the Boston Marathon. And you’re about to hit a wall at mile nineteen. The wound radiates pain, and you see no sign of tweezers coming from heaven. But what you hear is this: “My grace is sufficient for you.”

-- Max Lucado in “Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine” 


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