We may wonder why is the word of God not bearing fruit in my life. Every time I go for a retreat I am filled with energy and I pray and read the word diligently for the next two months and then the energy level comes down and eventually prayer and reading the word of God becomes a history in my life. This may be the case for a person who is working or studying or who is married and is at home caring for the children. Fundamental question is "Why isn't it working?" What we fail to understand is that "Our walk with God is not based on feeling but on faith". Well now you must be saying 'yeah I have faith'. Now, lets analyse that statement of ours, shall we? The word of God says "I will never forget you", come to think of it "How many times have we denied that saying 'I think God has forgotten me'?". What is faith and what is feeling? Feeling is I need proof or evidence of His presence which my body can know and feel
What is grace? Most of us would answer its the blessing that God gives us, it is the power that God pours into our hearts, its the healing that God does and we have so many other definitions for grace. In Ephesians 3:8 we have Paul saying "Although I am less than the least of all God's people, this grace was given me: to preach to the gentiles..." It is very clear from this scripture that God does not give us grace to preach the gospel instead it is a grace that God is asking us to preach the Gospel. As unworthy as we are we do not deserve to know the secrets of the kingdom but God in His infinite love chooses to reveal to us these secrets that He had hidden in Him through out, "To them God has chosen to make known among the gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" Col 1:27 This is grace that a mystery so deep and enriching was revealed to sinners whom God chose to save through His son Jesus. We ofte