I am not bigger than my fear, worries, or anxieties. I am not strong.  I am quiet weak.  The desires of my flesh often make more noise than my desire for obedience to my Father.  On my best day I am a mess somewhere within; be it physically, mentally, emotionally or a combination of all.  Yet, my Father says, My grace is sufficient for you.

That is what I am learning in real time, my manna every day.  It is as if my life is a movie and I have hit play. God is calling me places I do not want to go.  He is asking me to do things I do not wish to do.  He is drawing me far from my place of comfort and safety; the familiar, the easy, the places that I can justify staying stuck.  But the whisper continues; my grace is sufficient for you.  The whisper is not pretentious, proud or pushy; but patient, persistent and peaceful. It is like the soft caress of a gentle wind that I want to turn my face into and feel the life-giving refreshment.

Because of His grace, I can be obedient when it is hard.  I can walk into the face of my fears and tremble but not be overcome.  His grace makes me everything I cannot be on my own. Oh, the sweet victory of hard obedience sustained in the holy hands of grace.  His grace is sufficient for you, friends.

Whatever storms you are riding out, His grace enters, responding yes to every invitation.  Everything of this world will fail you at some point, but not The Father’s grace. It is sufficient for you, every part of you.  (2 Corinthians 12:9)