THIS, from Joseph Prince's "Grace Inspirations" devotional for today, covers something that I have been meditating on a lot lately!
GOD’S SUPERABOUNDING GRACE FOR YOU
2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace
abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may
have an abundance for every good work.
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If you were in the same synagogue as the man with the withered
hand (Luke 6:6–11), how would you see him and what do you think you would say
to him?
Jesus was preaching in that synagogue when He saw the man with
the withered hand. But He also saw superabounding grace around that hand for
healing and wholeness. He sees differently from us. He sees the invisible. He
sees that the kingdom of God is here, ever-present in any situation, with
superabundant supply. We see only the visible, which is tangible, temporal and
which seems so real to us.
But Jesus saw superabounding grace on that withered hand for
healing because you do not tell a man with a withered hand, “Stretch out your
hand,” unless you see the supply, the superabundance for wholeness for that
hand. Jesus called forth the superabounding grace to envelop that man’s
withered hand, and the hand was made whole.
It is possible for someone who is sick to have superabounding
grace on him and yet that superabundance of grace does not heal his body. That
is because he keeps acknowledging the lack or the problem he sees. He is more
concerned with that which is visible and temporal.
Instead of calling forth, and acknowledging and confessing the
superabundance of God’s grace, he confesses his negative circumstance all the
time. So even though the superabounding grace is there, it is there in vain.
Isn’t that sad?
Jesus called forth life, and life sprang into visibility. We
must call forth what we want to see. Say, “Father, I thank You that right now,
though my health is under attack, there is superabounding grace available for
my healing and health. I call it forth and receive it now in Jesus’ name.
Amen!”
My friend, don’t be conscious of what you see lacking or
missing. Be conscious of God’s superabounding grace for you and avail yourself
of it!
Thought For The Day
See the kingdom of God ever-present in every situation,
with superabundant supply for you.
This is exactly what Holy Spirit has been teaching me! Our "faith fight" (1 Timothy 6:12) is NOT a physical fight. We are not fighting the enemy, sickness and disease, financial attacks or any other bad thing that the enemy tries to hit us with. Our 'fight' is the fight to be continually growing our faith so that we CAN 'see' the superabounding grace of God for every situation! When we consistently feed our faith on the Word of God, that faith will grow, and continue to grow, until the TRUTH of the Word becomes clearer than anything we can 'see' with our physical senses! Then we will 'see' , have a definite faith-filled image of, the promise of the Word over anything contrary! This takes diligence and a 'determined purpose' to not settle for anything less! THIS is the life that our Father intends for us to live! A life of continual victory and abundance so that we represent HIM well, and people are drawn to HIM, through us! AMEN! Here is Hillsong United with "No Reason To Hide":
Shalom in Him!
