Grace is a flow

2019-01-27

Grace is a flow that we cannot generate because the source is God. We can access grace by faith, which we can generate, and cultivate. The Jabez prayer – from a man who thought of himself as ‘bad news’. His name meant ‘causes pain’ and he knew that causing pain was bad news. So he prayed that he might cause blessing instead of being bad news to everyone including himself. 1Chronicles 4:10 Lord bless me…enlarge me… I want your hand on my life…Save me from evil…Let me not cause pain – let me bless.We can ...

Grace is a flow that we cannot generate because the source is God. We can access grace by faith, which we can generate, and cultivate.

The Jabez prayer – from a man who thought of himself as ‘bad news’. His name meant ‘causes pain’ and he knew that causing pain was bad news. So he prayed that he might cause blessing instead of being bad news to everyone including himself.
1Chronicles 4:10 Lord bless me…enlarge me… I want your hand on my life…Save me from evil…Let me not cause pain – let me bless.
We can be occupied with bad news or good news. They both exist together. Bad news can shrink your soul through anxiety or expand your heart through faith.

Numbers 6:22 The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his countenance shine upon you and be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace

Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father in secret and your Father who sees the hidden things will reward you openly. From the hidden place to the open space.
Psalm 31:7 You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, and have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place. This is the enlarged space

Isa 49:1 Isaiah 49:2 … in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away. (sure place)
We are seated with him. We have a place at the table

Psalm 18:2…. The Lord is my fortress where I can enter and be safe; no one can follow me in and slay me. He is a rugged mountain where I hide; he is my Savior, a rock where none can reach me, and a tower of safety. (base of operations)

We can only expend so much energy and we can only expend it from either one source or another, just as a fountain will flow from one source or another.
James 3:11 Does a fountain send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs?
We are now prepared by grace and for grace with the freedom and empowerment to bless and save.