GOD OF ALL GRACE

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

SUNDAY, 29TH MAY, 2022

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

General Overseer

GOD OF ALL GRACE

MEMORIZE: “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” 1 Peter 5:10 

SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Samuel 2:7–8 

“The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. "For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He has set the world upon them.” 

EXPOSITION:

Grace is an unmerited favour given to undeserving men. We have lost our relationship with God through sin in the garden of Eden. Since then, sin had destroyed our inner beauty and it takes only God to restore us back to Himself. He holds the key that controls the heavens and the earth in His hand. As God, He does whatever He wills at any time without anyone to challenge Him. Hannah in her payer of thanksgiving to God said, “"The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. "For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He has set the world upon them.” 1 Samuel 2:6-8. 

The strong are soon weakened, and the weak are soon strengthened, when God pleases. Are we poor? God made us poor, which is a good reason why we should be content, and make up our minds to our condition. Are we rich? God made us rich, which is a good reason why we should be thankful, and serve him cheerfully, and do good with the abundance he gives us. He respects not man's wisdom or fancied excellences, but chooses those whom the world accounts foolish, teaching them to feel their guilt, and to value his free and precious salvation. This prophecy looks to the kingdom of Christ, that kingdom of grace, of which Hannah speaks, after having spoken largely of the kingdom of providence.  

In conclusion, apostle Peter prays “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” 1 Peter 5:10. Peter prayed to God for the believers, as the God of all grace. The word "Perfect" implies their progress towards perfection."Stablish" imports the curing of our natural lightness and inconstancy. "Strengthen" has respect to the growth of graces, especially where weakest and lowest implies. "Settle" signifies to fix upon a sure foundation, and may refer to Him who is the Foundation and Strength of believers. These expressions show that perseverance and progress in grace are first to be sought after by every Christian. The power of these doctrines on the hearts, and the fruits in the lives, showed who are partakers of the grace of God. The cherishing and increase of Christian love, and of affection one to another, is no matter of empty compliment, but the stamp and badge of Jesus Christ on his followers. Others may have a false peace for a time, and wicked men may wish for it to themselves and to one another; but theirs is a vain hope, and will come to nought. All solid peace is founded on Christ, and flows from him. God is truly God of All Grace.

PRAYER POINT:

Lord, open the eye of my heart to understand and grow in your grace in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Psalm 10-12.

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