![]() God’s will for you is good, pleasing and perfect. This is the meaning of the first part of the verse, or the words in Romans 6:13, ”offer yourselves to God” - and compare Romans 12:1-2. It is hard for proud people to be humble but God calls us, as followers of Jesus, to have a humble spirit (Matthew 11:29) and see how Paul went down, down, down, from 1 Corinthians 15:9 to Ephesians 3:8 to 1 Timothy 1:15! See what we read in 1 Peter 5:5-6, and if you feel you cannot get down low at His feet, remember that “He gives us more grace”!Ģ. By nature we are extremely proud, but a proud Christian is a paradox therefore God waits to give us His grace of humility. This is the first requirement if we are to please God. Get down off your pedestal (verses 6, 9, 10) How can we experience each day that the Lord’s grace is sufficient?ġ. It is impossible to live this life in our own strength, but “He gives us more grace” - for all His commands are His enablings (Exodus 18:23). In James 4:16-17 there is a pattern of victorious living, an outline of the kind of life the Lord wants us to live. When we receive His grace He says, ’Come back again when you need some more!’ All this giving does not impoverish Him, for He has unlimited stores of grace!
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