Affirm God’s Work in You

The grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.1 Timothy 1:14Sometimes all we can see is our sins and our failures. But we also need to affirm what God is doing in us. You are not yet what you will be. But you are not what you used to be either. God has poured grace, faith, and love into your life.The grace of God is being poured into your life“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost” (1:15). Paul does not say, “I was the foremost.” He says, “I am the foremost.” We do not live on grace (past tense). We stand in grace today. Not one of us lives a single day in a way that merits access to heaven. Our righteousness is found in Him! Right now, the grace of God is being poured out on you abundantly in Christ.The gift of faith is being poured into your life“By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God” (Eph. 2:8). Paul says earlier that he acted “in unbelief” (1:13). He resisted Christ. Where did His faith come from? It was the gift of God.The love of Jesus is being poured into your life“The grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus” (1 Tim. 1:14). Love is found “in Christ Jesus.” Paul says, “I was an angry man. I was hurting others, and the love of Christ was poured into my life!”How did you come to love and trust Jesus when the natural condition of your heart is to resist Him? God’s grace has overflowed on you along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.Faith affirms that with thanksgiving: His grace has reached me. I live in this grace. It has been poured out abundantly on me!Affirm God’s grace by thanking Him for His overflowing grace, faith, and love in your life.