I woke up this morning and looked out my second-story window down on my flower garden.  The bright yellow primroses that border the edge just pop like little splashes of sunshine. And there are yellow daffodils bobbing their heads along with the pink tulips. The cute. little, pink English daisies are springing up and there are patches of purple grape hyacinths here and there adding lots of color.  It brightens my soul!  I love to garden, if you can’t tell.

Sufficient Grace
You are probably familiar with this verse:  “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”  2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV.  But what does it mean that His grace is sufficient?  Does it always feel sufficient to you?  Many times it doesn’t to me.

But God’s word is true regardless of how I feel.  So the question is, am I going to accept what is being provided for me or not?

Thirst Quencher
 It’s like a man hiking in the desert on a hot day.  He has been provided all the water that he needs for the journey, but he is dehydrated and desperately thirsty.  The provision is there, but he has to open the bottle and drink.

It’s the same way with us.  God’s grace is waiting there in the bottle, waiting for us to take a drink, but we may not open the bottle and access what is ours for the taking.  So, you may ask, but how do I do that?

Faith for Grace
Everything in the Kingdom of God is appropriated by faith.  You must first recognize and believe that God has grace for you.  Then, by faith, you must believe Him and reach out and accept it.  “Father, you have promised me grace for today and I am going to accept that it is mine and let You prove yourself faithful.”

His grace comes to us in many ways, but if we are not opening the bottle, we may be missing the drink.  Like this morning when I looked out on my flower garden, the joy it brought my heart and the lift it gave my spirit was a grace gift from God.  A nice way to start the day.  Thank you, Papa!