Nov. 8
THE MAGNITUDE OF GRACE
"My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect
in weakness" II Cor. 12:9
Our weakness should be prized as making room for divine strength.
We might never have known the power of grace if we had not felt the
weakness of nature. Blessed be the Lord for the thorn in the flesh,
and the messenger of Satan, when they drive us to the strength of God.
This is a precious word from our Lord's own lip. It has made the
writer laugh for joy. God's grace enough for me! I should think it is.
Is not the sky enough for the bird, and the ocean enough for the fish?
The All-Sufficient is sufficient for my largest want. He who is
sufficient for earth and Heaven is certainly able to meet the case of
one poor worm like me.
Let us, then, fall back upon our God and His grace. If He does not
remove our grief He will enable us to bear it. His strength shall be
poured into us till the worm shall thresh the mountains; and a nothing
shall be victor over all the high and mighty ones. It is better for us
to have God's strength than our own; for if we were a thousand times
as strong as we are, it would all amount to nothing in the face of the
enemy; and if we could be weaker than we are, which is scarcely
possible, yet we could do all things through Christ.