His Grace Is Enough

We often talk about God’s grace when we’re facing challenges. We see it as a source of strength in hard times, a way to lift our spirits when we feel low. But do we truly understand that God’s grace is not just comfort — it’s power. It’s the very force that propels us into victory. If we grasped the depth of God’s grace, we’d realize it inevitably leads to an encounter with Him. And through that encounter, we experience His peace, His love, His favor, and above all, a profound revelation of how deeply He loves us.

In 2 Corinthians 12:8-10, Jesus tells Paul:

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

Paul responds by saying he’ll gladly boast in his weaknesses so that Christ’s power may rest on him. He even says he delights in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties — because when he is weak, then he is strong.

This chapter also reveals how Paul was taken up to the third heaven and had extraordinary spiritual experiences. Experiences so profound that many would become boastful or prideful. To keep Paul humble, God allowed a “thorn in his flesh.” Scripture doesn’t detail what this thorn was, but Paul’s repeated pleas for God to remove it show it was painful and challenging. Yet God simply responded, “My grace is sufficient.”

Like Paul, we often come to God asking Him to remove what’s painful or uncomfortable — and rightly so. God invites us to come boldly before Him with all things. But we must also understand that every season, even the uncomfortable ones, is under God’s sovereign purpose. Paul recognized his life existed to glorify God. So when God answered, “My grace is sufficient,” Paul essentially said, “To God be the glory!” He understood that in the end, it was all about God shining through his life, no matter the circumstance.

When we truly seek revelation of God’s grace, we begin to experience His peace and joy, even in our struggles. That’s why Paul could say he delighted in difficulties — because they became opportunities for God’s power to be displayed.

God’s grace often shows up when we’ve reached the end of ourselves — when we have no strength left, no solutions, no way forward. Grace is God’s unearned, unmerited favor and love. It’s freely given. It’s the lifeline of every believer.

Scripture also shows us:

• God understands and sees you.

  Hebrews 4:15-16 tells us we have a High Priest who sympathizes with our weaknesses. So we can draw near to the throne of grace with confidence, receiving mercy and finding grace to help us in our time of need.

• Humility makes room for grace.

  James 4:6 says God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. We must avoid the trap of thinking we can do it all on our own. Acknowledging our need for God opens the door for His grace to work powerfully in our lives.

• It’s grace — not your own strength — that gets you through.

  1 Corinthians 15:10, Paul says, “By the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain… it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.”

• No need to run and try to fix you so that you look good to God

  Ephesians 2:8–9

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

By grace refers to God’s favor upon those who have transgressed his law and sinned against him. But grace may also be understood as a “power” in these verses. God’s grace not only offers salvation but also secures it.

And remember,

Romans 6:14

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

But God…
He sees you through the finished work of Christ. By His grace, you are forgiven, restored, and free.

May we live in the light of this grace — confident, grateful, and ever ready to give Him praise.