TRANSFORMING GRACE!
- Mar 16
- 3 min read
TRANSFORMING GRACE!
“JUSTICE gives me what I deserve!
MERCY does not give me what I deserve!
GRACE GIVES ME WHAT I DO NOT DESERVE!”
as long as we live our everyday life with gratitude, knowing 'GRACE GIVES ME WHAT I DO NOT DESERVE,’ we will RECEIVE EVERYTHING from the sovereign God! WE WILL NEVER OWN ANYTHING BUT SURRENDER EVERYTHING BACK TO GOD! There will never be a misunderstanding, misappropriation, or misuse of GRACE, as to where it came from and what it accomplishes in our lives, that are FULLY yielded to God!
Apostle Paul: “BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I AM WHAT I AM; AND HIS GRACE BESTOWED UPON ME WAS NOT IN VAIN” (I Corinthians 15:10). THE PROGRESSIVE INCREASE OF GRACE THAT TRANSFORMS US:
1) SAVING GRACE: “By GRACE we are SAVED through FAITH” (Ephesians 2:8). Only through GRACE are we saved by FAITH and not by works, lest anyone can boast that they have attained SALVATION with good works.
2) STRENGTHENING GRACE: “My GRACE is SUFFICIENT for you, for MY STRENGTH is made perfect in (your) weakness” (II Corinthians 12:9). While God did not remove the thorn in the flesh for Paul, His GRACE was sufficient in Paul’s weakness.
3) EMPOWERING GRACE: “Through (HIM), we have access by FAITH into this GRACE IN which WE STAND” (Romans 5:2). GRACE THAT ABIDES is the single most important ASSET for every believer to achieve what they cannot achieve in their normal and natural strength. It is not even FAITH that moves the mountains that takes us to the finish line, but GRACE, the ABIDING and EMPOWERING GRACE does, to prove that it is GOD through whom we have finished it.
4) GIFTS & CALLINGS: “GIFTS differing according to the GRACE given to us” (Ephesians 4:7). This is VERY IMPORTANT and it signifies the MAGNIFICENCE OF GOD! God has bestowed His GIFTS AND CALLINGS to every believer with His GRACE, and the COMPLETION OF THEIR CALLING is left SOLELY to the believer without any COMPETITION OR RIVAL that they need to compete with. Here is the SECRET – THE MORE A BELIEVER HUMBLES THEMSELVES, THE MORE THEY ARE FILLED WITH GRACE TO COMPLETE THEIR CALLING! PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE HIGHER THE CALLING IS (APOSTLE, PROPHET, Etc), THE GREATER GRACE IS REQUIRED TO SUCCESSFULLY FINISH IN OUR CALLING!
5) DO NOT ABUSE GOD’S GRACE: “Ungodly men turn the GRACE OF OUR GOD into lewdness” (Jude 1:4). GRACE ADDS EXTRA CHARISMA/BEAUTY TO OUR STATURE, AND THERE IS A GRAVE DANGER TO COVET, BOAST, AND EXPLOIT IN THAT BEAUTY AS OUR OWN WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THAT IT WAS SIMPLY BESTOWED BY A GRACIOUS GOD! LEADERS MUST AVOID HOLDING PEOPLE TO THEIR OWN ADMIRATION AND WORSHIP BASED ON THEIR CALLING AND GIFTS, WHICH ARE JUST THAT – GIFTS FROM GOD AND NOT THEIR OWN!
6) TRANSFORMING GRACE: “I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST; IT IS NO LONGER I LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME; AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. I DO NOT SET ASIDE THE GRACE OF GOD” (Galatians 2:20-21). FINALLY, THE TRANSFORMING GRACE IS THROUGH ONENESS WITH CHRIST. WHEN WE ARRIVE AT THIS STAGE, WE ARE NO LONGER JUST THE RECIPIENTS OF GRACE BUT LOSING OUR WHOLE SELF TO THE LOVE OF OUR JESUS ON THE CROSS. WE ARE CRUCIFIED WITH HIM! WE NO LONGER EXPLOIT AND LIVE CHEAPLY BY GRACE BUT OFFER OUR WHOLE “SELF” TO GOD! AT THIS STAGE, WE ARE TRANSFORMED FOREVER!
EXPERIENCE SALVATION, STRENGTH, DAILY OPERATING POWER, GIFTING, AND TRANSFORMING GRACE BY OUR TOTAL YIELDING TO THE SON WHO YIELDED HIMSELF TO THE FATHER!
Prayer
“Heavenly Father, please empower me with the FULNESS OF YOUR GRACE as I SURRENDER MY LIFE TO YOU. Amen!”
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John Jeyaseelan
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