What is Grace ?

Deola asked Ben if he was prepared for the presentation he had the following day.

He replied, “I am by the grace of God.”

Instead of going over his work to make sure everything was in order, he watched some movies and went to bed on the premise that the grace of God was sufficient. Ben got up in the morning, spoke in tongues for one hour, dressed up and went to the meeting disorganized. He didn’t take his time to prepare and go over his work and couldn’t deliver as expected.

Of course, he lost to someone who was more organized and prepared.

“I will come by the grace of God” was the reply Blessing gave to her friends when she was asked if she was going to show up for the make-up class. Eventually, she didn’t show up. Was that to say that the grace of God was not sufficient?

“Okey, how are you preparing for your forth coming examination?”

“I am trying o. I will pass by the grace of God.” Okey replied.

He kept on playing and before he knew it he, was pressured. He ended up failing 3 courses out of 7. His highest score was a C.

I can go on explaining how we have abused or misused the word GRACE.grace

In all of these cases, they believed in God and Grace, but is it God’s fault that they did not produce the right result or was the grace not sufficient?

Most of us have neglected our part because we think success will fall on us like a pack of cherry all in the name of grace. We have refused to take responsibility for our actions, we have refused to sit up, we have refused to do the needful because we are “Christian / Believers”. 90% of Christians are praying for God to give them the ability to buy what thinkers are producing.

Check your prayer points for 2017 ( – house, car, mac pro, clothing, holiday in Dubai, e.t.c)

The funny thing is that half of the producers are not Christians better still have the Holy Spirit. We have limited the grace of God even when he said “My grace is sufficient for you – I ( 2 Corinthians 12:9)

The grace of God and praying in the Spirit is supposed to give us an edge. It’s supposed to put us few steps higher. It’s supposed to take us to places where our natural strength can’t take us; to give us insight, foresight and ideas.

Are you going to stop saying by the grace of God when asked a question? No, but you are going to be precise.

“Dorathy, are you going for the training tomorrow?”

“Yes, I will be there 8am by the grace of God!”

“John, how prepared are you for presentation?”

“My slides are ready, I have also studied the materials they gave me and I will go over them again and by the grace of God, only the best will happen.”

In 2017, take responsibility for your life. Happen to life. Roll your boat. Be specific.

Know what you want and go for it. Do something. The creator said that he will ” … bless all the work of your hands” – (Deuteronomy 28:12) What will He bless and cause an increase when you have no works.

If at any point you feel you need more grace, here is the solution, 2 Peter 1:2 – Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. This is very clear, Grace can be increased but through knowledge of God and Jesus. You can achieve this by spending quality moments in fellowship with the Word and the Holy Spirit.

The same rain falls on the good and evil, principles are universal.

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth – Ecclesiastes 11:3, This 2017, fill your clouds and expect the desired testimonies.

Grace gives you an edge. DON’T ABUSE IT!

Source; http://www.ideologieshub.com.ng/what-is-grace/