ENDLESS GRACE UPON GRACE - PART 1

MONDAY 28 OCTOBER 2024

I am introducing a new topic, named above. Just like people pursue diverse achievements, with high degree of skills, adroitness, competence, capability, and mastery - for their own benefits, and in a variety of expertise, such as vocational careers, business-related accomplishments, sports, hobbies, governmental organizations, etc, we are called to receive and accumulate grace upon grace for notably-advanced influence in all areas of life. More below! 

Reference: John 1:16 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

"For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace."

Grace is foundational or fundamental to spiritual and physical well-being. For of His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. Whose fullness? Christ's, which implies that GRACE upon GRACE denotes loading Christ upon Christ, or filling yourself with a large amount of His comprehensiveness. In a nutshell, what is the true meaning of His fullness? It is conforming to Christ's character which has become a front-and-center topic in a grace discourse analysis. I will divulge the full revelation in part 2.

This terminology "grace upon grace" means that such possibilities are never ending. That's the reason I chose the topic, "Endless grace upon grace." Sustaining divine strength, functioning in excellence, living a meaningful Christian life, and flourishing on earth are just as authentic as the amount of grace we receive. So you have to grow your capacity for receiving more grace with an intentional attitude or attention. One potentially powerful notion rarely talked about is: Fostering the experiences of God's grace, which is a stepping-stone reality, and I will come to that later. Attracting increased grace can leave us feeling inspired and energized, just like having a heart of gratitude and an act of solemn dedication to God does. And so you should carry on with that.

Amassing grace upon grace theorizes that it provides advantageous encounters with awe-inspiring effects. More importantly, it helps us to build an intimate relationship with God through heavenly thinking or spiritual realities. What do I mean by this verity? Acts 20:32 reads, "And now I entrust you to God and the message of His grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself" (NLT). In other words, we have been informed that GRACE is widely available in the Word, meaning that the Scripture is full of grace. Zero wonder, munching the Word of grace refreshes our energies, destroys anxieties, nurses our well-being, and delivers an inheritance to us, especially if we are consistently attuned to the ministry of the Word.

Receiving grace upon grace is an incremental sequence of "upgrading an enduring influence of favour" which godly people can employ to make themselves more conducive to flourishing lives and be well positioned for a good success, thereby enabling a sense of fulfilment in their families, environment, work organizations, business dealings, community, social causes, among others. Stay tuned for part 2. Shalom!

Scripture Reading - John 1:14; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 2:11-12; Acts 6:8.

Guided Prayer:

Heavenly Father, I thank you for granting me a sense of meaning and purpose derived from belonging to Christ and amassing something great and effectual, which is grace upon grace, in Jesus' Name, Amen!