According to Paul, we must cooperate with the grace of God by using the grace given to us faithfully and diligently. If you are given the grace to give for the work of the kingdom and you keep observing the weather and refusing to give, you have received the grace in vain (Eccl 11:4). The man that was given the talent and hid it in a napkin simply received the grace in vein and what happened to him will happen to all that fail to use the grace given to them of God - Mat 25:24-30
Examine yourself and be sure you bring out your God-given abilities for profitable life and service. Ananias and Sapphira received the grace in vein, they had the grace to give the proceed of their landed property as others but allowed the flesh to take the best of them and kept back some, pretending o have given all. Acts 5:1-6.
John mark (Acts 13:3) who was one of Paul's partners withdrew from the mission and departed from them. He received the grace of God in vein.
Make a conscious effort today to put God's grace in full use and not use it in vein.
Questions
1. Which ways can you prove in your life to have received God's graced in vein?
2. What is the Grace of God in your Life?
3. Why was Paul able to labor more than the apostles before him?
Prayer
Ask never to allow God's grace fade out of your life, rather that you grow from grace to grace, serving in ever increasing grace. In Jesus name.
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