Unlimited Graceনমুনা

 I Am What I Am 

By the grace  of God, I am what I am (1 Corinthians 15:10, NIV). 

What is it that makes Paul “Paul” and not “Saul”? It’s the grace of God.  Saul, a man of learning, privilege, and power, bent his knee in awe at the foot of the cross. When he did that, he became Paul – a completely new person transformed by grace.   

We all search for identity. In Philippians 3:7–8, after making a great list of all of the things that are normally considered assets in society, the apostle Paul says that he writes them all off as a loss in comparison to knowing Jesus. Paul refuses to be identified by the apparent advantages in his life. Paul also refuses to be identified by the tragedies in his life (II Corinthians 11:23–27). 

The only response to the grace of God is to choose to become its servant. Paul’s first words in his epistle to the Romans are “Paul, a servant of the gospel”; literally: “a slave of the gospel.” 

Grace brings us all down to the same level because at the foot of the cross, there’s no economy class, and no first class; there’s only kneeling class. 

How do you weigh your successes and your failures?  You think that when you succeed that you are more approved of by God?  When you fail do you think that God stops loving you or withholds His grace from you?  We know that where sin abounds, God’s grace abounds all the more (Galatians 5:20).  You and I must be like Paul, to be able to say, “By the grace of God I am what I am.” 

Take a moment now to talk with Jesus and experience His saving grace.