Grow in the grace of God

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“The grace (spiritual blessing and favor) of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with you all. Amen (so be it).” 2 Thessalonians 3v18 (AMP)

We thank God for the grace that He has given to us. An important thing to note is that we can grow in grace. 2 Peter 3v18 (AMP) says “But grow in grace (undeserved favor, spiritual strength) and recognition and knowledge and understanding of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (the Messiah). To Him [be] glory (honor, majesty, and splendor) both now and to the day of eternity. Amen (so be it)!” How then can we grow in grace? We can ask for it. “But Jesus the Son of God is our great High Priest who has gone to heaven itself to help us; therefore let us never stop trusting Him. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses since He had the same temptations we do, though He never once gave way to them and sinned. So let us come boldly to the very throne of God and stay there to receive His mercy and to find grace to help us in our times of need” Hebrews 4v14-16 (TLB). So we can ask for grace to help in the different areas that we have need of. Following from this, we can also grow in grace by exercising it – remembering that we have God’s grace available for us and tapping into it. For example, Paul said “But by the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not [found to be] for nothing (fruitless and without effect). In fact, I worked harder than all of them [the apostles], though it was not really I, but the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God which was with me” (1 Corinthians 15v10, AMP). We therefore see a situation of someone working the grace of God. We can also grow in grace by knowledge – realizing through Scripture what God tells us about His grace, and walking in that revelation.

Supplementary Text

“The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 5v20-21 (NIV)

Prayer

Father we thank You for Your Word. We appreciate You. We ask that we would continue to grow in grace in Jesus name, amen.