2Cor. 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;
Again, a proper translation of this verse, in light of the grammar that it was originally written in, would be like this; “And God of limitless ability abounded all grace to you, so that you always having all sufficiency in everything, may have an abundance for every good deed.”
First, let me give you a working definition of grace.
“Grace is God’s affections, ability, and activity, as a free gift in Christ; for us, toward us, to us, in us, and through us.”
Now, let’s look at this verse from God’s perspective in dealing with our lives. In light of the fact that He has already abounded all grace to us so that we always have, in the now, all sufficiency in everything, He never considers anything that He asks of us to be unreasonable.
“He gives us what He commands, and commands whatever He wills.”
“Grace puts into us what God wants out of us”
Whatever God wants out of us, He has already put into us. Therefore, God doesn’t think anything that He asks of us, or any situation that He allows us to be in, to be unreasonable. Again, He didn’t just put some grace in us; instead, He put all grace in us,(that means all kinds of grace for every different kind of situation, temptation, relationship, and pressure) and an abundance of it; so that we would have all sufficiency in EVERYTHING.
That’s good news, and bad news. The good news is that I don’t have to walk around full of fears, cares and burdens anymore. The bad news is I don’t have any more excuses to complain and whine about my situations and circumstances in life. I can’t tell him anymore that it is unfair, or too hard, or that I just can’t take it anymore. I can’t use the excuse that I’m too weak to face a temptation or situation.
In light of the fact that I already have, in Christ, all the grace of Jesus’s all sufficiency, in everything, I can’t blame weakness for my failure anymore. You see, Christians don’t fail because of weakness; they fail because of unbelief.
