“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of Go: not of works, lest any man should boast” (Eph 2:8-10; KJV). Here we are told that we don’t earn salvation by our works, it is purely a gift by God’s grace that we receive freely by faith.

When Paul struggled with his thorn in the flesh he pleaded with God to take it away but God replied: “My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor 12:9). In other words, whatever the thorn was, God said his grace would get Paul through the difficulty.

God’s grace enables us to receive of his strength (power) for salvation and for every need that we have. The power word used here is Dunamis in the Greek; this is where we get the English word dynamite. We have God’s dynamite power in us by grace. The power that raised Christ from the dead is that dynamite power and we contain it by God’s grace (Rom 8:11; Acts 1:8). As we humble ourselves and come to the end of our own strength as Paul did, then God’s grace can get us through. If we think we can make it on our own and tough it out, in our own strength, we are on our own and life gets hard. Let’s humble ourselves before God and seek his help; His grace is sufficient.

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