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\u201cBut by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them \u2013 yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.\u201d -1 Corinthians 15:10<\/em><\/p>\n Have you ever noticed that some things are far easier when God is with us? \u201cGod is always with us,\u201d you may say, which is true, but have you ever noticed God\u2019s favor on some activities and not all activities? Have you ever done something you knew God wanted you to do? Likewise, have you ever done anything you knew God didn\u2019t want you to do?<\/p>\n Sometimes what God wants us to do is confirmed by several things in our lives: God\u2019s word, the agreement of other trusted people in our lives, God\u2019s peace, and, most noticeably, God\u2019s active grace accompanying us. We understand the \u201cnoun\u201d of God\u2019s grace to be His undeserved gift of salvation. But, the Bible also talks about His grace being actively with us to help us accomplish His work on the earth (a verb).<\/p>\n We may be gifted or feel called to do something. But it may not be the season for it. This is discerning God\u2019s timing. We may want to step out into something, but notice that we don\u2019t feel a peace about it. Other times, we may feel at peace about something we are doing that leads to a Godly goal, has an ease about it, and moves forward in spite of obstacles. In these situations, we work hard, do our best and also experience God\u2019s supernatural grace to accomplish the task at hand. It may seem silly, but this grace happens to me in the buying and selling of cars I\u2019ve owned.<\/p>\n When it relates to God\u2019s active grace, we need to be careful we don\u2019t step out into something that God has not called us to, or given us the grace for. If we misinterpret our direction, desire to do our \u201cown thing\u201d, or stay in something for too long (the grace has lifted) we could experience consequences. We need to be sensitive to God\u2019s Holy Spirit in the timing of all of these things.<\/p>\n Do you feel God\u2019s grace in what you are doing? Pray that God would show you and give you the grace to accomplish all you are called to. He says,\u00a0\u201cFor my yoke is easy and my burden is light.\u201d -Matthew 11:30<\/em><\/p>\n Subscribe Now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Having the Grace for It \u201cBut by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them \u2013 yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.\u201d -1 Corinthians 15:10 Have you ever noticed that some<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-11581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-devotionals","tag-grace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}