This is the conclusion to my communion time on understanding the power of the grace of the Lord to enable you accomplish His will for your life.

The Apostle Paul is another major demonstration of the power in the grace of God where through grace a former enemy of the kingdom is transformed into becoming a vessel of honour for the Master’s use. Paul repeatedly acknowledged that his effectiveness in his ministry came from the grace of God working in him. His past had included blasphemy and opposition to Jesus, yet the grace of the Lord transformed him into a vessel of honour and empowered him to minister effectively among the Gentiles.

In Galatians 2:7-9, Paul explains that the gospel to the uncircumcised had been entrusted to him just as the gospel to the circumcised had been entrusted to Peter. The same God who worked effectively through Peter toward the Jews worked effectively through Paul toward the Gentiles. James, Cephas (Peter), and John, recognising the grace given to Paul which was evident in action, extended the right hand of fellowship to Paul and Barnabas and acknowledged their assignment to the Gentiles authorised by the Lord Jesus.

We see clearly that, the grace operating in Peter was not inferior to the grace operating in Paul because the same divine ability was working through different vessels for different assignments to different peoples. The grace of God enabled Paul to become what his former life would have made impossible and to accomplish a ministry far beyond what his natural qualifications could explain.

Therefore we must recognise that grace is not given so that a person can boast about their personal greatness, talent, intelligence, spirituality, or accomplishment. The Holy Spirit wants us as the followers of Jesus to value the grace bestowed upon us, by repenting of disrespecting or misusing it, and recognising the potency of what has actually been entrusted to us to steward. We must acknowledge the fact that grace demonstrates how mighty the Lord is when He chooses to work through people whom the world would disregard as useless.

The Lord chooses to use what man considers insignificant to accomplish what man considers impossible, so that no flesh can glory in His presence. Therefore, when the Lord accomplishes something remarkable through you, the proper response is not self-exaltation but worship, adoration and gratitude that: “This is the grace of God working through me.” This extraordinary result points back to the extraordinary Lord who supplied the ability for me to accomplish this marvel.

Never take the grace of God for granted. The central warning is that we as followers of Jesus must not allow our familiarity with the word “grace” to make us careless about the reality of the grace working through us. Grace is not just a theological concept to admire from a distance. It is supernatural ability made available to us for the assignment the Lord has given us.

So remember that if the Lord has called you to build something extraordinary for the Kingdom, it is His grace which enables you to build. If the Lord has called you to minister extensively to various Nations, grace is what enables you to minister. If the Lord has called you to overcome immovable obstacles, it is His grace that supplies you the ability to overcome them. If the work of building has stalled, grace alone can empower you to rise up again to build.

The Holy Spirit is calling you to lay hold of the abundant grace being apportioned to you rather than remaining passive, discouraged, or dependent upon your natural strength to bring you triumph. The picture of Zerubbabel’s life is particularly significant: because when the work had ceased, grace was still available to bring it to completion once it was acknowledged and received. It is time to rise again and complete the work the Lord has given to you.

The final exhortation is therefore a call to action. So whatever the Lord has assigned to your life, do not conclude that its difficulty means it cannot be accomplished. Never measure the possibility of its fulfilment by your natural strength because just as the grace of God enabled Noah to build the ark, empowered Gideon to become a deliverer, Zerubbabel to complete the temple, and Paul to fulfil his apostolic assignment, that same principle of divine empowerment remains available to the you today.

The Holy Spirit wants you to allow His grace to engulf and propel you into action, by bringing into reality everything the Lord has declared concerning your life. Remember that you are not being asked to accomplish the Lord’s purposes by yourself. You are being called to yield to the supernatural ability of God already being supplied by His grace to you. The key message is that grace is not merely the Lord’s undeserved favour towards us, but grace is the Lord’s supernatural ability working through us to accomplish what only the Lord can do.

Therefore never take the grace of God casually, never despise what grace the Lord has given you by relying exclusively on your natural ability. Do not allow stalled natural circumstances to convince you that the Lord’s assignment for your life is finished. Never boast in yourself of what the grace of God accomplishes through you, but instead, recognise, receive, and cooperate with the grace of God apportioned to you.

Rise up again where the work has stopped by allowing the grace of the Lord to empower you to complete what the Lord has assigned for you to accomplish. Let every extraordinary result through the Lord’s grace become a testimony of the mighty God working through a yielded vessel obeying His commands.

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.

I declare that every obstacle that has mocked your natural ability will bow to the power of God’s grace operating through your life. You will complete what the Lord has commanded you to complete and like Paul, you will discover that the grace of God is sufficient to make you effective in the assignment He entrusted to you.

Every work that the Lord ordained for your hands to do will receive fresh supernatural ability and every place where progress has ceased will experience a divine restart. Every obstacle that has mocked your natural ability will bow to the power of God’s grace.

I declare that you will complete what the Lord has commanded you to complete and you will not glory in yourself, but only in what the Lord accomplished through you. Men will see what the Lord has accomplished through you and marvel at His greatness. As the grace of God will make your life a demonstration of His power, His wisdom, His faithfulness, and His glory.

It is time to rise up again and take hold of the grace being supplied to you now. So let the supernatural ability of the Lord engulf you, propel you, strengthen you, and bring you into the reality of everything the Lord has spoken concerning your life. So that what the Lord has ordained for you shall be accomplished, not by might, nor by power, but by His Spirit in Jesus’ name. Amen.