God’s Abundance in Your Life

by Henry T Blackaby (www.blackaby.org)

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

(2 Corinthians 9:8)

When you relate to God you always deal with abundance, for God does nothing in half measures! This is true regarding His grace. The Lord is not miserly when it comes to providing grace to His servants. When you seek to perform a good work that God has asked you to do, you will always find an ample supply of God’s grace to sustain you. If you begin to lose heart in the work you are doing, God’s grace upholds you and gives you the love for God and His people you require in order to continue. When you face criticism and are misunderstood, God’s grace enables you to forgive your accusers and to sense God’s pleasure even when others do not understand what you are doing. When you make mistakes in the work God has appointed you to do, God’s grace forgives you, sets you back on your feet, and gives you strength to continue the work. When you complete the task God gave you and no one expresses thanks for what you have done, the Father’s grace surrounds you, and He reminds you that you have a heavenly reward where everything you have done in the Lord’s service will be remembered.

God does not promise to provide all you need for your dreams and projects. He does assure you that, for every good work you attempt, you will never face a shortfall of His grace in order to successfully complete the task God has given you.

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So many times, we take upon ourselves so much burden that it weighs us down. When I first became a Christian, everything was fresh and always on my mind, to look to God. But as I grew in my faith, i seem to drift from my dependence on God and end up doing things my way. Some people may beg to differ, but having God in our lives is a very real partnership...it's like, having 24-7 parents that you can call on. Of course, as you grow older, you do not treat your parents the same way you did when you were a child. The same with God, we do not ask Him the same questions or deal with the same uncertainties of our faith as when we were a child in our faith. Nonetheless, we still need SO MUCH of Him in our lives...and basically, we take that for granted the same way we take so many of our relationships in life for granted.

How not to take relationships for granted:

Remember the dynamics of interdependence - Do not be so "strong" or "self-dependent" that we forget that we do need people. It's something that we need to admit to one another..."I need you". Say it to someone that is important in your life..."I need you". Say it to God.

Involve those that are important in your life, who are close to you and will give you an honest opinion in your decision makings. Making decisions on our own can blind us to objectivity, ie. we may not see it in an objective way. Having someone who knows us well bounce off our thoughts and decisions help us to see things we may have missed...Involve God in our decisions makings. Who else sees into eternity besides our God.

Comments

[Cyril]

Wow thank you so much for the message. I think that is what i needed today...been so depressed and from reading this made me realise that he is always by our side and know's what is going on in our life.Yes we realy need people when we decide on doing something...and also God without him things won't be good. Thanx sis and have a Blessed day.
See u soon at the convention can't wait..^^*