THE MAGNITUDE OF GRACE
“My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness”
2 Corinthians 12:9
Our weakness should be prized as making room for divine strength. We
might never have known the power of grace if we had not felt the
weakness of nature. Blessed be the Lord for the thorn in the flesh, and the
messenger of Satan, when they drive us to the strength of God.
This is a precious word from our Lord’s own lip. It has made the writer
laugh for joy. God’s grace enough for me! I should think it is. Is not the
sky enough for the bird, and the ocean enough for the fish? The
All-Sufficient is sufficient for my largest want. He who is sufficient for
earth and Heaven is certainly able to meet the case of one poor worm like
me.
Let us, then, fall back upon our God and His grace. If He does not remove
our grief He will enable us to bear it. His strength shall be poured into us
till the worm shall thresh the mountains; and a nothing shall be victor over
all the high and mighty ones. It is better for us to have God’s strength than
our own; for if we were a thousand times as strong as we are, it would all
amount to nothing in the face of the enemy; and if we could be weaker
than we are, which is scarcely possible, yet we could do all things through
Christ. Disciple John
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