He Giveth More Grace
“MY grace is sufficient for you.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
If you have been watching the news, our world is in chaos. The Middle East is in a very turbulent time right now with uprisings in nations. The threat of a catastrophic event that could usher in another major world war are looming closer and closer each day. Gad prices are on the rise and if something doesn’t change, we could be paying $5.00 a gallon by the end of the year.
All around us we have friends and loved ones who are going through intense times of suffering. One of our Keswick Seasonal Camper families has a ten year old daughter in CHOPS suffering from a rare bacterial infection that has reeked havoc in her body. And the list goes on and on.
The “stuff” of life can weigh heavy on our souls. We could all be living in despair were it not for promises like today’s: MY grace is sufficient for you.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
I was reminded of this hymn written by Annie Johnson Flint, whose entire life was one of great suffering and difficulty. Yet, she penned so many wonderful poems that were set to music, many reflecting on God’s grace in her life:
I was reminded of this hymn written by Annie Johnson Flint, whose entire life was one of great suffering and difficulty. Yet, she penned so many wonderful poems that were set to music, many reflecting on God’s grace in her life:
HE GIVETH MORE GRACE
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater,
He sendeth more strength when the labors increase;
To added affliction He addeth His mercy,
To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.
When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources,
Our Father's full giving is only begun.
His love has no limit, His grace has no measure;
His power no boundary known unto men;
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth and giveth and giveth again.
The February 26th reading in Streams in the Desert included these words from another poem written by Annie:
His grace is sufficient enough to meet the great things –
The crashing waves that overwhelm the soul,
The roaring winds that leave us stunned and breathless,
The sudden storms beyond our life’s control.
His grace is enough to meet the small things –
The little pinprick troubles that annoy,
The insect worries, buzzing and present,
The squeaking wheels that grate upon our joy.
What might YOU be going through today? It may not be anything as traumatic and life-threatening that our friend Mary is going through. It may be some of those “pinprick, insect buzzings” that are troubling you today. Well His word for YOU today is this: “MY grace is sufficient for YOU!” – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
Compass Pointers: Sin is the missing of a target, a wandering from the path, a straying from the fold. Sin is a hard heart and stiff neck. Sin is blindness and deafness. It is both the overstepping of a line and the failure to reach it - both transgression and shortcoming. Sin is a beast crouching at the door. In sin, people attack or evade or neglect their divine calling. These and other images suggest deviance; even when it is familiar, sin is never normal...Above all, sin disrupts and resists the vital human relation to God. Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: Proverbs 9:10-11; Level 2: Proverbs 9:7-12
Anchored to the Rock: Many people pray for things that can only come by work and work for things that can only come by prayer. W. E. Sangster
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