THE GRACE OF JESUS

“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be rich.”

 2 Corinthians 8:9 (KJV)

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is amongst the three communications of the God-head: the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Spirit. We have chanted this doxology without paying attention to its implication. I have discovered that the most-said words are the least understood by its users.

Our opening scripture gives us an idea of what the grace of our Lord Jesus is. To know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we need to understand what made him poor. The poverty of Jesus was an incidence that took place when he was on the cross of Calvary. He wasn’t poor in the natural as he was a carpenter by profession, the bread winner of his family, had wealthy disciples, and had wealthy women ministering unto him. His poverty was as a result of the departure of the Spirit of God from him when he fully bore the weight of the sin of humanity.

From our understanding of the poverty of Jesus, we can understand what his richness was: it was the supply of the Spirit in his life. There was no way Jesus could have done the works he did without being strengthened by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, little wonder he didn’t begin ministry until he was filled with the Spirit of God. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is the strength of our Lord Jesus Christ and it is the supply of the Spirit of God.

The Holy Spirit was the Strength of Jesus on Earth and he is our Strength on earth. In scripture, He is referred to as the Spirit of Grace, i.e. the Spirit that has grace and imparts grace. Humans must learn to depend on the Holy Spirit to live the life that pleases God. He is, in the real sense our wealth.

Often we tend to go about our lives and projects on human strength, and this cannot sustain our lives and projects – except we embrace dark powers which will only lead us to a sorrowful end. Scripture says that the arm of flesh shall fail those who depend on it.

Believe in Jesus Christ to receive his grace; engage in heartfelt prayers to grow in his grace; study the word to be established in his grace.

                                

CONFESSION

Father I thank you for revealing your grace to me through your son Jesus. I believe in him and ask for an abundant supply of the Spirit in my life.

FURTHER READING

Philippians 1:19; John 15:5

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