Power Of Grace As A Force

Key Scripture:  “There remains a rest for the people of God.”  Hebrews 4:9

Power Point:

    Grace looked silly to the Devil. Every brutal blow that struck Jesus; every harsh word spoken to Him; every nail that pierced His body led the Devil to imagine that he was destroying the power of God. It appeared to him that he finally had God right where he wanted Him;dead and buried.

     Recently I was listening to Jeremy Pearsons and he made a remark that has given me fresh wind beneath my wings. He said, “Grace is working.  I am resting.”   

     In Hebrews 4 you hear the sad story of the children of Israel who missed the Promised Land altogether. Why? They heard what God told them but they had no faith in what He said. Wouldn’t you think that with a pillar of fire at night and a cloud of His presence over them during the day, they would have had a little more faith?  It seems that they didn’t. They never got to enter into the “rest” that comes as a result of taking God at His word and believing that He is always working on our behalf. Always.

     I saw a note in my bible this morning and I wanted to share it with you. It’s from the New Spirit Filled Bible, a note on Ephesians 2:8. “Grace is a force as well as favor, a verb as well as a noun.”

     Sometimes we think that grace is just a word on a page. But Beloved, GRACE, God’s character of Grace, His desire for Grace in our lives is a VERB!

It’s active all the time. It is a FORCE!  It’s moving people and things and situations to work for good in our lives. You can REST in that fact. Grace is a VERB!  It’s always doing something. Grace never RESTS, so that we can.

Ah! Peaceful Rest

     For every problem in your life; for every discouraging thing; for every “impossible” situation, God has a promise for you. It’s all there in black and white between the covers of your Bible. Do you believe Him?  Those promises can remain just words on a page or they can become a living, breathing grace force in your heart. Those promises are your own pillar of fire and your cloud of His presence. If you mix them with faith, they begin to work; but Beloved, they work for you ONLY if you mix them with faith.
      How can you know you are resting? You’ll find yourself peaceful hopeful, and joyful in abundance. You’ll find an anticipation and expectation of His goodness. You’ll keep your eye on a future wrapped in His promises.

     Are you ready to stop marching around your mountain of problems and add some faith to the promises He has for you? Or would you rather just keep going in circles, ignoring the obvious?  If you are worried, or anxious or frantic, you will never enter His rest. There’s a startling statement in Hebrews 4:3:
“…they shall not enter My rest, although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.”  You cannot enter God's rest if you don't believe Him or if you refuse to obey Him. Grace has been active on our behalf from the very beginning of the world. He has a grace place prepared for you.You can rest there. Don't fall short of it.  

     It may look silly to you.  It certainly did to the devil on that Good Friday. But Sunday was coming. And so was the Grace of God. Thank You Jesus.

Power Thought:

Gaby Resting

Grace is working.  Are you resting?

Are you resting?  Grace is working.
It's a force to be reckoned with.