God, The Word of Grace
Acts 20:32, Amplified Bible
And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).
This is one of my favorite scriptures because of the meat in it. I know some of you are thinking that I say this about all scriptures. Well, you are right. I love all of God’s Word. However, this particular one is very special to me.
We are deposited in God’s care. He is in charge of us. That means that we can trust Him to protect us and take care of us at all times. There are no “oops” times with God when He says: Oh my, I didn’t have time to take care of you during that time of difficulty. I was too busy with your neighbor down the street. No, God is always right there for us.
Here in this scripture His Word is called the Word of His grace. Grace is God’s ability released to you through Jesus. It is God’s gift of Himself to you, with all the “perks” of heaven given to you to live life more abundantly, to accomplish what you were designed to do while you are here on this earth. That’s why God told Paul that His grace was sufficient for him. What more do we need. There is nothing else to help us. That’s it-----GRACE!
Look what His Word of grace does for you: it is able to build you up and to give you your rightful inheritance. Wow! The Word of grace, God’s gift to you and me of Himself personified, builds us up. That Word of grace gives us our rightful inheritance. What is that rightful inheritance? Everything that God has and is! We are special to Him. He is our Father. He loves us with a total love, and until we understand that He loves us dearly, how can we trust Him to believe that He does care for us? Yes, He does love us and yes, He does take care of us totally.
Take this scripture this week and put it where you can see it often and remind yourself of how special you are, whether you feel like it or not and whether you think you deserve it or not. It has nothing to do with how you feel or what you think. It just IS!
And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).
This is one of my favorite scriptures because of the meat in it. I know some of you are thinking that I say this about all scriptures. Well, you are right. I love all of God’s Word. However, this particular one is very special to me.
We are deposited in God’s care. He is in charge of us. That means that we can trust Him to protect us and take care of us at all times. There are no “oops” times with God when He says: Oh my, I didn’t have time to take care of you during that time of difficulty. I was too busy with your neighbor down the street. No, God is always right there for us.
Here in this scripture His Word is called the Word of His grace. Grace is God’s ability released to you through Jesus. It is God’s gift of Himself to you, with all the “perks” of heaven given to you to live life more abundantly, to accomplish what you were designed to do while you are here on this earth. That’s why God told Paul that His grace was sufficient for him. What more do we need. There is nothing else to help us. That’s it-----GRACE!
Look what His Word of grace does for you: it is able to build you up and to give you your rightful inheritance. Wow! The Word of grace, God’s gift to you and me of Himself personified, builds us up. That Word of grace gives us our rightful inheritance. What is that rightful inheritance? Everything that God has and is! We are special to Him. He is our Father. He loves us with a total love, and until we understand that He loves us dearly, how can we trust Him to believe that He does care for us? Yes, He does love us and yes, He does take care of us totally.
Take this scripture this week and put it where you can see it often and remind yourself of how special you are, whether you feel like it or not and whether you think you deserve it or not. It has nothing to do with how you feel or what you think. It just IS!
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:16 AM
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