Saturday July 13th, 2024
« Never boast about tomorrow. You don’t know what will happen between now and then »
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”;
14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”
16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
One of the ways to know a true Christian is by what he or she says.
When I see Christians talk about what they want to do or what they have done without and reference to the grace of God, I wonder how strong their relationship with the Lord is. John 15:5KJV says
« … for without Me you can do nothing »
Grace is a gift from God that can also be summarily described as ‘God’s help’.
You need to understand that without grace – ‘God’s help’, you can do nothing.
Even waking up in the morning is by the grace of God.
You would therefore be taking the grace of God for granted when you begin to boast about the things you have or that you plan to do without acknowledging the grace of God, which empowers you.
In Luke 12:16-21, Jesus told the story of a rich man who had gathered a great harvest. In all that this man said, he did not acknowledge God who made that harvest possible. At the end of the day, all his boastings came to nought because he died that very night.
Beloved, please don’t take God’s grace for granted; it is only by His grace that you are alive today.
It is only by His grace that you are where you are, what you are and have what you have.
It does not matter how intelligent, strong or connected you are; if God were to withdraw His grace from you, you would soon realize that you can do nothing without Him.
« If the LORD does not build the house, it is useless for the builders to work on it. If the LORD does not protect a city, it is useless for the guard to stay alert »
From 1 Corinthians 3:6, we see that human efforts without God’s grace cannot yield results.
Paul can plant, Apollos can water the plant, but the increase only comes from God. 1 Corinthians 3:7NASB says specifically
« So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth »
- When you want to talk about something you did, always say, “I did so and so by the grace of God”.
- When talking about something you plan to do, say, “I will do so and so by the grace of God”.
Always acknowledge the grace of God in all you do and plan to do.
Application – Without God, we are nothing.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Edited by Naomie Joseph
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