Day 26

Day 26 of Your Journey
Grace Equips Us for Life

There are few things in life more frustrating than not feeling properly equipped for a task. Sometimes it’s a feeling of inadequacy in our abilities. Other times we feel like we haven’t been given the proper tools to succeed. We can begin to believe that failure is the probable outcome of our assignment.


Have you ever felt like what God asks of you seems so far beyond your capabilities that you are destined to disappoint Him? Most likely we have all faced the question of how it is possible to live victoriously in our walk of faith.


Philippians 2:13 gives us vital insight into how we can live the Christian life. Paul tells us that “it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure” (NKJV). In other words, it is God who gives us both the desire (“to will”), and the power (“to do”) to live in obedience to God.


Sometimes we want to live right, but we lack the power. In our lowest times we can feel like we don’t even have the desire to do the right thing.


Here is where God comes to the rescue. He will give us both the yearning and the ability to do what is right. The term for this blessed working of God is sanctifying grace.


The wonderful truth is that this grace is available by simply acknowledging our need for it. We don’t have to live with the idea of just doing our best and hoping it measures up to God’s impossible standard. We can live pleasing to Him by relying on His grace in our lives.



Making It Personal

Take time to list three areas where you need God to give you both the desire and the power to do the right thing. Ask for His sanctifying grace in those areas.