FAITH CAPSULE: When the grace of God rests with man, man is positioned for great exploit.
The grace of is worth of one’s every moment desire and constant meditation. Turning to God is positioning self for His grace because God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from any who return to Him. The psalmist described God, “But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.” (Psalm 86:15) “The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.” (Psalm 103:8)
Saul became the first king for the Israelites, because grace was upon him. When Samuel about to reveal what God was going to do with his life, Saul confessed, “And Saul answered and said, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me…” (1 Samuel 9:21) The confession of Saul was a testimony of God’s grace upon him to become king.
It is a wonderful thing to be riding on the grace of the Lord, but it can also be a great disaster to abuse and be placed outside of the great grace of God. The same King Saul that enjoyed the great grace of God did not fair well when he ended up at the opposite side of His great grace. It was not long after he became the king that he put on the garment of disobedience toward the word of God. Saul, having repeatedly disobeyed the word of God, God sent Samuel to him, “I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments…” (1 Samuel 15:11) The grace of God is great, and He is worthy to be greatly feared. The apostle Paul testified in 1 Corinthians 15:10, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” Just like the apostle Paul, you are what you are by the grace of God, and not because you know how to labor and that make it possible for the grace of God toward you not to be in vain. Unlike the apostle Paul, the grace of God toward King Saul was in vain and he became lost the in presence of God. The word of God is written for our learning. Learn today and not be missing in His gracious provision for your deliverance and preservation.
Prayer for today: Ask that the spirit that causes the grace of God to be in vain in the life of man shall not locate you.