The Word of Grace

Acts 14 says Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands. 

Here we see grace paired with power, signs and wonders once again.  It also follows reliance on the Lord.

Jesus came to earth to die for our sins.  But when he was left alone by his closest followers when he needed their support the most, he cried to his Father and asked that the cup he was about to drink be removed – if it was the Father’s will – but then he was willing to drink that cup because that was his purpose for coming.

There will be days when think we cannot take another step or breathe another breath.  And we may cry out for God to remove our circumstances, our disappointments, our pain…and yet he offers us his grace instead.

Sound like an unfair trade?

When we totally rely on him, because everything else around us is unreliable, he grants us grace…and signs and wonders and power follow.

Grace is not understood with our minds, it’s just granted and received with our hearts, and there we stand…and we don’t know how…but we do.