God’s Grace in Our Lives

“Be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 2:1).  “It is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace” (Hebrews 13:9).  The Christian can live in a manner worthy of God only by His grace.  Grace is God’s power working in a believing heart to give all that is required to fulfill His will.  The first thing that grace does is change the desires of the heart.  The life of grace in a Christian is seen in a radical change of desires.  True believers will display a desire to willingly obey God’s commands.  They will love those means God’s has ordained for Christians to experience the reality of His grace—reading the Bible and hearing it preached, prayer, and the edifying fellowship of likeminded believers.  Grace is indispensable in the spiritual life, and therefore it is precious to rightly instructed Christians.  They value it above everything in this world and seek it ceaselessly.  Whatever else humble saints pray for, God would have them daily seek His strength at the throne of grace (Hebrews 4:16).