Grace Gives Us Power

“I can do all things through Him (Christ) who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13.

The “all things” referred to here by Paul is being content in all conditions, whether in abundance or in adversity.  Christians will readily acknowledge their need of God’s grace to be cheerful and content in affliction.  But we must realize that divine aid is also necessary in abundance; in fact it is equally necessary in every condition a Christian will face in life.  Prosperity presents us with different temptations than suffering does, but we are equally in need of grace in both.  Paul says that this is something that must be learned.  Every Christian needs God’s help to handle abundance in a righteous way, just as much as His grace is needed in suffering.  The wonder of the Christian religion is that God’s grace is available to us and  is sufficient to meet our every need!  What a fabulous blessing it is, in all the uncertainties of the world, to have a certain rule to go by, which carries us above the every uncertainty!  Only Christians have this.  A Christian is not at the mercy of the world; our contentment is not dependent on anything in the world.