My Grace Is All You Need

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

May 14, 2025

My Grace Is All You Need

Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”

2 Corinthians 12:8-9a

Paul does not identify his thorn in the flesh, at least not directly. That is good, because Paul’s comfort from God is the very same comfort God offers to all His children, regardless of the specific nature of our personal thorn in the flesh.

Paul’s response to God’s answer to his prayer is very insightful: “So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.” (12:9b) Our thorns can be in ways our physical bodies may be compromised, or they can be the circumstances of our life, or how we may be more introverted, but have a need to be an extrovert. Paul is affirming whatever our personal thorn may be, we can experience the power of Christ working through us to accomplish God’s purpose for our life. Paul experienced that beautiful moment of, not I, but Christ. Me too, how about you?

My Takeaway: God knows us, and He knows our circumstances. No matter where we are, no matter what issue we may be facing, God’s grace is all we need. His power works best in our weakness. “All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles . . .” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4a)

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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