And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.Luke 2:40
The verse says that the grace of God was upon Jesus. The Bible also says that where sin abounds, grace abounds much more. (Romans 5:20) And when you put the two together, you may find yourself asking, “If the grace of God was upon Jesus, does it mean that He sinned?”
No, Jesus did not sin. (2 Corinthians 5:21) So there must be another explanation as to why God’s grace was upon Jesus. There must be another explanation as to why someone can abound in God’s grace even when he has not sinned.
Let’s look at the word “grace” when it is first mentioned in the Bible. Genesis 6:8 says that “Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord”. Noah’s name means “rest”. So the verse is telling us that rest found grace. In other words, when you rest, you find grace!
So grace was upon Jesus because His life was a life of rest and trust in His Father. He said, “The Son can do nothing of Himself. He can do only what He sees His Father doing.” (John 5:19)
Likewise, grace comes upon you when you rest and trust God. If you have a wayward child, stop nagging at him and trust God to handle the problem. Say, “Jesus, I commit this boy into Your hands. I cannot control him. You can.” If you have a persistent pain in your body, bring it to the Lord. Say, “Jesus, I hand all my worries about this pain to You. You work on the pain.”
“Pastor Prince, what if nothing happens?”
Honestly, if after you have given the matter to Jesus and nothing happens, what can you do? If Jesus Himself can’t do anything about it, do you think you can? But praise God, once the problem is handed over to Jesus, He can and will do a perfect work of taking care of it for you!
So live a life of rest. Have this attitude and tell the Lord, “I can do nothing of myself. I just rest in You Lord and I trust You.” Beloved, what you will see is the grace of God upon you in every situation of your life!
Thought For The Day
God’s grace comes upon you when you rest and trust Him.
Amen Lord
I CAN’T EXPLAINE THE CALMNESS THAT I RECEIVED THREW READING THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING GOD TO REIN OVER YOUR WORDS HONESTLY THIS WELL BE A NEW BEGIN INBETWEEN ME AND THE LORD THANK U AGAIN IVE BEEN FIGHTING AGANIST GOD FOR 3YRS I SO NEEDED RELIVFE !!! KEEP ME N UR ALLS PRAYERS PLEASE
I was really tuch after reading this massage and I learn to trust God in every thing.
Thank You God for being my help. All glory too You Abba Father.
Rest in You God full of Grace and Mercy
am blessed,thank pastor for the enlightment on grace
If I could only get that through my thick head I would be ok! Oh how I wish that I didn’t have years of the law preached to me. It is very hard to receive the truth that Joseph prince preaches, that Jesus is greater than the law, he calls it the ministry of death, engraved on stones. And how Peter put Jesus on the same level of the law and the prophets. Joseph says don’t be afraid your sins have been forgin by abba father. This is what I teach now. I am tearing up my seminary masters degree from the assemblies of God. It’s only worth the price of a cup of coffee at McDonalds. When Moses ran down the mountain. The people ran. Because the law condemns. They never taught me anything like this in church or school. I praying for God to move me to Singapore to learn from this humble man. Thankyou JP. IT IS FINISH.
Thank you JP for the Devo.
God bless you