Devotion 10/30, Only By God’s Grace!
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
When we live poor in spirit we position ourselves to receive the limitless grace of our heavenly Father. To be poor in spirit is by definition to acknowledge our immense, total need of God’s help. And throughout Scripture, God declares that his heart is for those who acknowledge their need of him. Isaiah 66:2 says, “All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.” God’s grace is for those poor in spirit.
Many of us struggle with pride and self-sufficiency. But those things are in stark opposition to what it means to live poor in spirit. When we choose the road of humility, we open ourselves up to a life dependent on God’s grace to sustain us, a life fueled by God’s power rather than our own. It is my hope today that I can learn to embrace my weakness, that God may be made strong in me.
Lord I pray, may we live today entirely by Your grace and find the help of the Holy Spirit to be constant and tangible. I give thanks for your mercies, love, blessings and grace. Amen.
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