Day 22 - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

What a great Easter weekend we had in our church! Slowly, the testimonies are coming out about how people responded to God’s message of His transformative power. For this, we give God all the glory.

It is hard to believe that we are a little past the half way point for this 40-Days to Destiny Campaign. The first week we focused on God’s glory. In the second week, we reflected on God’s faithfulness. Then, this past week we examined God’s purposes. This week we are going to give attention to God’s grace.

This passage in 1 Timothy is one of my favorites. I don’t know about you, but I love stories. It helps me to connect with people, and it even helps me to see how God has been working in people’s lives.

In every story there is a past, present and a future. In some ways, our Christian journey can be broken up into these three sections. This is what the Apostle Paul lays it out for us.

Paul describes his life before committing to Christ. But in spite of his past lifestyle God has pour out HHHhHvgdis grace in abundance. The word, “abundance” is a powerful word. In the Greek it means “increase.” God’s grace is increasing in our lives. This is why he stated to the people of Rome, “But where sin increased, grace increased all the more” (Ro 5:20). God’s grace will never run out! God will give us all the grace we need to love Him and to obey Him. Paul reminds the people of Corinth of this fact as he states, “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work” (2 Co 9:8).

Now, Paul is even looking into the future where he will be a testimony of God’s “unlimited patience” for those people who will believe in the future. This is why he ends with a doxology in verse 17. One day when we are gathered around the throne of God, we will sin no more. Our praises and worship to God will be a testimony of His grace throughout our lifetime here on earth.

Let’s pray for more of His grace, as we go through the last 20 days of this journey.