“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath
given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:” 2 Peter 1:2 – 3
I am simply amazed every time I see Gods grace in my
life. Paul said “But by the grace of God I am what I am” 1Cor. 15:10 if I am
what God wants me to be then how can I ever complain? God has made me His
child, I understand the trials of life, the persecutions of life, even the
heart aches of life, but I am a child of the Living God, what else could I
want. This is how I see it, even with all the sufferings of life, God chose for
me to send His Beloved Son Jesus to this evil world and to suffer death on my
part to give to me eternal life. Look at what God said through Peter, “But we
see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering
of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should
taste death for every man...For it became him, for whom are all things, and
by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the
captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.” Hebrews 2:9 –
10 Now give this a little thought, Jesus who created all things, whom is the
image of God, who is God, gave His life for me. He came to this world, lived
here for about 33 years, and allowed His own creation to crucify Him, to
give to me eternal life. God said through Paul that Jesus is “…the captain
of their salvation perfect through sufferings.” Jesus is the Captain of our
salvation because of His living and dying for our righteousness. By Captain it
means He is also our leader in life, death, and resurrection. We as Christians
ought to live our life for the Father, because Jesus did. We need to live in
the steps of Jesus, even if life leads us through much tribulations and
eventually to death. If God did it, then should we also do it. Listen to Jesus
because as a Christian’s this should be our pattern in life, “I can of mine own
self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I
seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.” John
5:30 Jesus came to this world to do the will of His Father, NOT TO DO HIS OWN
WILL. Sometimes as Christians, we seek our own will over our Fathers will, this
is a no, no. God saved us, Jesus died for us, therefore we belong to God, our personal
will in life, our personal desires in life do not matter, only God’s will matter.
Jesus was not selfish, He gave His life in a very horrible way because His
Father sent Him here to die for our sins. We look at our life and we say
that God has brought me to it, and My Father will make sure to walk me through
it. God does not ever leave us, and we should never leave the Lord for personal
reasons or any other reason. Even if it leads us through the fires of life,
Jesus is our Captain, He leads the way, we just need to follow Him, even to
death. God’s grace is powerful, and we need to lean on His grace in every trial,
tribulation, sickness and even death. Grace, oh how wonderful is Gods grace to
us. If it were not for God’s wonderful grace I would still be lost, and hell
bound. If it were not for God’s grace I would be naked and without. God’s grace
is everything to me, so if God leads me through the fire I will walk through it
by His beautiful, marvelous grace. Folks never forget what God told us through
Peter, “his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life
and godliness,”. What happens to me is happening because God brought it to me,
He chose it for me, and I will suffer it for my Father. I pray that my
Father will not ever allow me to put self’s will and desires before His will
and desires for me, no matter what. Let us remember the words of John Newton
“Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me....I once was
lost but now am found, Was blind, but now, I see. T'was Grace that taught...my
heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved How precious did that Grace appear...the
hour I first believed…” Jesus our Captain leads the way lets just follow the
captain through life, even if it leads to death, and eventually will.
