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For Every Difficulty, God’s Grace Is Sufficient, July 12
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made
perfect in weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12:9
, NKJV.
None can be so situated that they cannot obey God. There is too little faith with
Christians of today. They are willing to work for Christ and His cause only when
they themselves can see a prospect of favorable results. Divine grace will aid the
efforts of every true believer. That grace is sufficient for us under all circumstances.
The Spirit of Christ will exert His renewing, perfecting power upon the character of
all who will be obedient and faithful.
God is the great I AM, the source of being, the center of authority and power.
Whatever the condition or situation of His creatures, they can have no sufficient
excuse for refusing to answer the claims of God. The Lord holds us responsible
for the light shining upon our pathway. We may be surrounded by difficulties
that appear formidable to us, and because of these we may excuse ourselves for
not obeying the truth as it is in Jesus; but there can be no excuse that will bear
investigation. Could there be an excuse for disobedience, it would prove our
heavenly Father unjust, in that He had given us conditions of salvation with which
we could not comply....
Christians should not array before their imagination all the trials which may
occur before the end of the race. They have but to begin to serve God, and each
day live and labor for the glory of God that day, and obstacles which appeared
insurmountable will gradually grow less and less; or, should they encounter all that
they have feared, the grace of Christ will be imparted to them according to their
need. Strength increases with the difficulties met and overcome....
Those whose hearts are fixed to serve God will find opportunity to serve Him.
They will pray, they will read the Word of God, they will seek virtue and forsake
vice. They can brave contempt and derision while looking unto Jesus, the author
and finisher of our faith, who endured the contradiction of sinners against Himself.
Help and grace are promised by Him whose words are truth. God will not fail
to fulfill His promise to all who trust in Him.—
Sketches from the Life of Paul,
296-298
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