“And now brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them
which are sanctified” Acts
20:32
LIGHT FOR THE NOW: Grace is the awesome beauty of God’s character.
A careful observation of our text for today shows that we are
not commended to God and to the word of his judgment or anger but rather we are
commended to God and to the word of his grace. What is grace? Grace is God’s
loving-kindness, unmerited favour, bestowing unconditional blessings even to
the undeserving. Grace is the awesome beauty of God’s character. With Grace, it
is not according to what you deserve, but according to His mercy and kindness
shown to you in Christ Jesus even before the world began. The word of his grace
is that you are surrounded with His love. You are the focus of God’s love. There
is now no condemnation or judgment against you (Romans 8:1). The word of the
law condemns; it is harsh and invokes the wrath of God. Yet, it did not make
men perfect (Hebrews 7:19). The law couldn’t give life. But thanks be to God, ”For
the law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John
1:17). We are no longer under the law but under the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ. We are being built by the word of His grace.
Therefore, you must give yourself completely to the Word of
His grace, which has the power and the ability to build you up. The Word of His
grace has the efficacy to make you what it talks about. Did you notice that God
didn’t say that you should build yourself but that the Word will build you up?
All you need to do is to digest the Word, receive the Word with gladness and
learn the Word. This way, you can have the Word in you and live by it. “Meditate
upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear
to all” (1Timothy 4:5).
INSTRUCTION:Constantly study and meditate on the
Word of His Grace.
PRAYER:Lord, I thank you for your Word
which builds me up, in Jesus Name. Amen.
QUOTE:The Word is a person.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: JOHN CHAPTER 5; EVENING:
JOB CHAPTER 44
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