I heard of a little girl who was beaten for her faith, food poured over her head, and was taught to live outside the very word she believed. I marvel at the woman she has become. In my quiet time, I asked God how this could be, and he said my grace is always greater than your pain.
One definition of grace is God’s unmerited favor. However, another explanation is God’s divine enablement. God’s divine enablement signifies a synergistic relationship which allows a person to accomplish what only partnership with almighty God can achieve. In a world framed by the tree of good and evil, we can easily find ourselves operating within the framework of this world system.
The world system is designed to keep you imprisoned. The bars of your imprisonment might be the addictions that you have acquired to help you cope. Maybe, it is your own self-discipline that fuels you night and day driving you to accomplish greatness. Often the bars of our imprisonment are voluntary based on fears and frustrations or stereotypical beliefs we have heard since childhood. Moreover, we yield to the world around us which enslaves us with its paradigms.
God calls us out of this system to partner. According to 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 God says to “come out from among them (the world systems), and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty”. We are not alone in this journey. He may call us to leave behind all that we know… people, places, position, and pain but he has promised that anyone that leaves houses, land, and possessions will not only prosper in the world to come but in this life (Mark 10:30)”. Ask Father Abraham. Galatians 3:29 reminds us that if we are Christ’s, then we are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. This one man’s choice to leave the Ur of the Chaldees to partner with God opened the door for Messiah to come and our receiving the blessing of salvation.
Not only will we experience pain during our time living outside of Christ, in our Christian journey, we will also experience pain. However, we are to cleave to God and allow his Spirit to illuminate our spirit. Whatever he has written in your DNA is for his service. We often come to him with an inkling of our created purpose. However, it is when the Ruach or breath of God begins to blow on us that we fully comprehend what he has laid aside for us. As we receive the fresh wind of the Spirit, we hear him say “my grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough—always available—regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 AMP
My beloved in Christ according to His word, I commend you to God [placing you in His protective, loving care] and [I commend you] to the word of His grace [the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor]. His grace is able to build you up and to give you the [rightful] inheritance among all those who are sanctified . ACTS 20:32 AMP. My dearly beloved never forget that His grace is greater than you pain.