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Grace is God?s Doing

by Dudley Anderson  
10/25/2024 / Christian Living

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1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

I was leading worship in my church one Sunday morning when God taught me a very valuable lesson on grace. I was not in a good place in my life at the time. Although I was studying for the ministry and active in church, I was going through a period of dark rebellion. I was very critical and looked for loopholes in Scripture to qualify my unfounded motives. As I played my guitar and led the worship that day, the congregation moved to a higher level of the experience of the Spirit. I was dumbfounded. “How can this be, Lord?” I said in my head as I sang. “These people are in deep worship and yet I - their worship leader - am in a bad place. I feel so unworthy.”

In an instant, I sensed God’s answer, “Yes, Dudley, you are unworthy.”

“There you go,” I grunted indignantly in my heart, “I’m going to quit and hang up my guitar!” Again, the unmistakable still small voice spoke: “You are unworthy to lead these people in worship,” he said, “but I’m not!” Instantly I realised that it was, indeed, not I who was leading the worship that day, it was the Holy Spirit in me drawing those people into the throne room of God. It was God’s doing not mine. A harsh lesson in the truth of grace. Grace is God’s doing, not mine.

I discovered that no matter how bad I was feeling, if God had called me to do a job for him then it’s him in me doing it; not me. This is why Paul writes that Jesus once told him, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." God’s grace is God doing the job through you even when you’re feeling weak.

The grace of God is twofold: grace saves us from sin through the cross of Jesus and grace empowers us to serve God through the Holy Spirit. By the Holy Spirit Paul writes, “I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” We labour by God’s powers and not our prowess. And that’s grace.

John Newton said, “I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.” Grace is God’s doing. Therefore, to stop doing what you are called to do because you feel unworthy is to insult the grace of God.

God-tracking is just doing it, by God’s grace.

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“If grace is God’s doing then do it in me to your glory.”

“O Lord, forgive me for my arrogance in thinking that it’s my skills and abilities that qualify me to serve you. I realise now that it’s only by your grace that I am what I am. Your grace has saved me and your grace empowers me to serve you. Forgive me for sin and rebellion, dear Father, and help me to serve you in humility, by your grace. If grace is God’s doing then do it in me to your glory. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, https://www.surereality.net/podcasts/

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa Dudley Anderson began writing for radio in 1994. Dudley currently writes a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought called GodTracker and has complied 2 devotional books based on GodTracker. More information at surereaity.net

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