This morning I am sharing a portion of my communion time with the Holy Spirit on the subject of grace.

The Holy Spirit, during my communion time with Him , brought my attention to a familiar truth that we as followers of Jesus often take for granted: the grace of God. Because the word “grace” is used so casually and repeatedly, its significance, relevance, and necessity can gradually diminish in our understanding. When this happens, we can be robbed of the potency of grace and its ability to make us conquer, overcome obstacles, and accomplish the purposes of the Lord in our lives.

The Holy Spirit therefore wants us as followers of Jesus to recover a proper understanding, appreciation, and active dependence upon the grace of God which is our access to life from the Lord. Firstly we must remember that grace is essential for our salvation. Ephesians.2:5. The first and foundational truth in our Christian walk is that without grace, salvation is impossible. Grace is the divine agency through which a person can turn from darkness to light in an instant.

It is entirely a gift from God and is not the result of human works, accomplishments, or merit, leaving no room for boasting. Ephesians 2:8 establishes this foundation: that salvation is by grace through faith and it is the gift of God. The Holy Spirit gave me a working definition of grace which is that: Grace is the supernatural ability of God given to a human being to be and do what only God can do, and to bring that process to completion on the earth.

Grace, therefore, is not merely the Lord’s kindness toward us. It is also the Lord’s supernatural ability working through a human vessel to accomplish what human ability alone could never accomplish. We see grace at work first in the life of Noah. Genesis 6:5-8 describes a world in which human wickedness had become exceedingly great and was overcoming human behaviour. The thoughts and intentions of man’s heart were continually evil. The Lord was grieved that He had made humanity and determined to destroy mankind, together with the animals and creatures of the earth.

Yet verse 8 declares these words: “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” Noah’s situation illustrates clearly what grace can do in the midst of turmoil. While judgment was coming upon the earth, the Lord’s grace provided Noah with the supernatural ability to build an ark, something no ordinary human being could have conceived or accomplished by natural ability. Through this grace, Noah was able to obey the Lord’s instructions, construct the ark, preserve his family and the animals, and survive the forty-day continuous downpour.

The judgment that destroyed the rest of humanity did not destroy Noah because grace had enabled him to do what Lord required to keep him alive in the midst of the flood. When Noah emerged from the flood, he was able to begin life again, with everything necessary available for the continuation of humanity which had now been entrusted to him. This is why grace must never be treated casually because the grace that the Lord gives is His own ability operating through us, by enabling us to accomplish things that can preserve, deliver, rebuild, and transform the lives of ourselves and others.

The Bible is filled with examples of men and women who found grace in the Lord’s sight and consequently did things that nobody would have imagined they could accomplish. What of Gideon who provides us with another powerful illustration of the grace of God at work. He was initially a fearful and seemingly insignificant man, threshing wheat in a Wine Press. Yet when the angel of the Lord encountered him, and with a word from the Lord with grace transformed him from a fearful man into a deliverer of the nation of Israel.

Through the Lord’s supernatural ability, Gideon was empowered to obey the Lord’s instructions and defeat armies he had never fought before. The lesson is that grace does not merely meet us where we are but it also empowers us to become and accomplish what the Lord has appointed us to become and accomplish for Him on earth. So what looks impossible from the standpoint of natural human ability becomes possible when the supernatural ability of the Lord comes upon a person who yields to Him in surrender.

The Holy Spirit then pointed me to the life of Zerubbabel in Zechariah 4 which involved the work of rebuilding the temple which had encountered opposition and had ceased, yet the Lord declared these words: “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord with the prophetic word concluding with the cry of: “Grace, grace unto it!” The completion of the temple would not happen because of human might, political power, or natural resources, but it would happen because the Spirit of God supplied the supernatural ability necessary to empower him to build.

Zerubbabel’s hands ultimately completed the temple as the Lord had declared, even though there were governmental laws and obstacles, including the reference to the Law of the Medes and Persians, which could not be altered. Those barriers could not prevent what the Lord’s grace empowered Zerubbabel to accomplish. This message is especially important for anyone whose God-given assignment has stalled: You must know that what has stopped does not necessarily have to remain stopped. Grace is able cause you to rise again and complete what the Lord ordained for your life.

I declare in the name of Jesus that the grace of God upon your life is becoming real, active, powerful, and unmistakable to you. You will no longer treat the Lord’s grace as an ordinary or familiar concept, but you will recognise it as the supernatural ability of God working in and through you. So that where you have been weak, grace strengthens you. Where you have been unable to cope, grace supplies you with ability ability.

I declare that where your assignment has stalled, abundant grace will cause you to arise again and shine. Where obstacles have stood before you, the grace of the Lord will give you supernatural capacity to overcome them. So that where you have wondered how the work will ever be completed, the Spirit of the Lord will make a supernatural way through for you. Just like Noah, you will receive grace to build what the Lord has commanded you to build.

I declare that just like it was with Gideon, you will rise above fear and become the deliverer the Lord has called you to be and like Zerubbabel, you will hear the word of the Lord saying to you : “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” and you will cry, “Grace, grace unto it!” Every work that the Lord ordained for your hands to accomplish will receive fresh supernatural ability. So that every place where progress has ceased, it will experience a divine restart in your life in Jesus name. Amen.