Today we continue our series entitled “Living the Grace Life,” where we will learn to embrace and walk in God’s unmerited, unearned, and often undeserved favor throughout 2025.
Key scriptures for this year:
2 Corinthians? ?9?:?8? ?TPT??
“Yes, God is more than ready to overwhelm you with every form of grace, so that you will have more than enough of everything—every moment and in every way. He will make you overflow with abundance in every good thing you do.”
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??Galatians? ?5?:?4? ?TPT??
“If you want to be made right with God by fulfilling the obligations of the law, you have cut off more than your flesh—you have cut yourselves off from Christ and have fallen away from the revelation of grace!”
Romans? ?6?:?14? ?ERV??
“Sin will not be your master, because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace.”
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1 Corinthians? ?15?:?10? ?NIV??
“But 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—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.”
Additional scriptures for today:
2 Corinthians 3:5 NIV
“Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.”
Ephesians 3:20 TPT
“Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you”
Setting the Stage:
In our previous messages, we’ve explored how grace liberates you, transforms you, and sustains you. Today, we’ll discover how grace empowers you. In a world that celebrates self-reliance, personal achievements, and the “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality, God’s grace introduces something different: empowerment that comes from God. This means your life is not about you. It’s All About Him!
Most of us have been conditioned to believe that our success depends on our education, connections, talents, and abilities. While these factors certainly play a role, the greatest source of power available to you doesn’t originate with you at all. It comes from God through His amazing grace. Paul understood this when he declared, “Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God” (2 Corinthians 3:5). The Passion Translation of this verse reads, “Yet we don’t see ourselves as capable enough to do anything in our own strength, for our true competence flows from God’s empowering presence.”
This empowerment isn’t just for specific spiritual activities like prayer or Bible study. It extends to every area of your life — your career, business decisions, leadership, relationships, handling success, overcoming failure, and even enjoying life to its fullest. Grace provides God’s “super” on your “natural,” enabling you to do what you could never do through human ability alone.
So, what does this mean to you today? A few things.
1. Grace Gives You God’s Ability.
The word “grace” in Greek is “charis,” which doesn’t just mean unmerited favor; it also carries the idea of divine enablement or empowerment. When God gives you grace, He’s not just giving you approval; He’s giving you His ability. This is what Paul meant when he said, “I worked harder than all of them–yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me” (1 Cor. 15:10). Paul recognized that while he was doing the work, the power behind his efforts came from God’s grace. This divine ability transcends human capabilities, allowing you to accomplish things that would be impossible through your own strength. It’s not about trying harder; it’s about tapping into a power source beyond yourself. When God calls you to do something, He always provides the grace (divine ability) to accomplish it.
How this applies to you:
— You approach seemingly impossible projects with divine confidence, knowing that God’s ability is made available to you through grace. Your confidence is in Him!
— In leadership, you make decisions beyond your experience level because you’re drawing on God’s wisdom, not just your own.
— You tackle complex problems with supernatural creativity that comes from God’s insight.
— Your communication becomes more effective because you’re relying on divine ability rather than just your own persuasiveness. In other words, people feel the “weight” of your words because your words are emanating from God’s Spirit in you, causing you to have influence you would never have without God.
— You develop strategies with an awareness that God’s empowerment can take your plans beyond what you could accomplish alone.
— You approach each day expecting divine empowerment for every meeting, task, and interaction, not compartmentalizing God’s power to just Sundays.
— The more you acknowledge your dependence on God’s power, the more that power flows through you.
— You experience joy even during difficult seasons because it’s empowered by grace, not circumstances.
— You balance work and personal life with grace-given discernment about priorities and boundaries.
— Your entire life becomes a testimony of what God can do through someone who depends completely on His empowering grace.
2. Grace Empowers You To Attempt The “Impossible.”
Grace gives you the audacity to attempt things you would never try if you were relying on your own abilities. This isn’t about recklessness; it’s about faith-filled confidence in God’s empowerment. Abraham faced an impossible situation – having a child at 100 years old with a 90-year-old wife. But Romans 4:20-21 says, “He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith… being fully persuaded that what He had promised He was also able to perform.” Grace empowers you to believe God for the impossible and then to step out in faith to pursue it. This divine empowerment doesn’t just give you the courage to start impossible projects; it provides the strength to finish them.
How this applies to you:
— You pursue God-sized goals and visions that exceed your natural qualifications and the qualifications of your team because you’re relying on supernatural empowerment.
— When the Holy Spirit is leading you to attempt things that you know people will consider flat-out impossible, you embrace them as opportunities for God’s power to be displayed, with an awareness that if it does not work out, you may look foolish. To be clear, to live by faith, you must be willing to look foolish. If you care what people think, you won’t attempt what God is leading you to do.
— You’re willing to be the only one saying “yes” when everyone else says “it can’t be done,” because you know Who lives within you.
— You take on challenges that would normally intimidate you, knowing that God’s grace provides the ability to succeed.
— In career transitions, you step into roles that stretch you beyond your resume because you’re drawing on divine qualifications and strength.
— You make financial decisions with supernatural wisdom that transcends conventional thinking.
— You approach health challenges with faith in God’s healing and sustaining power.
— You expect God to “achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination” in every area of your life. Your confidence is in God and not in you.
3. Grace Empowers You To Handle Success.
Success can sometimes be more challenging to handle than failure. Many have been destroyed by their achievements because they lacked the grace to handle success with humility. This is why Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 4:7, “What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?” Grace empowers you not only to achieve success but to handle it properly – with gratitude rather than pride, with stewardship rather than ownership, and with generosity rather than greed. When you recognize that your success comes through God’s empowering grace, you remain humble even at the height of your achievements.
How this applies to you:
— You communicate achievements with humility, acknowledging God as the source of your success.
— In leadership positions, you maintain a servant’s heart rather than developing an entitlement mentality.
— You approach promotions and advancements as increased responsibility rather than increased importance – there is a major difference.
— You handle recognition by deflecting praise to God and to those who supported your journey.
— You view resources and influence as tools for kingdom impact rather than personal gain.
— You maintain accountability relationships that help you steward success with integrity.
— Your growth strategy includes spiritual safeguards to ensure success doesn’t disconnect you from your source.
— You enjoy the blessings of success without becoming attached to them, holding them with an open hand. You should never have anything you are not willing to give away if God leads you to bless someone else with it.
4. Grace Empowers You Through Failure.
While grace empowers you for success, it also empowers you through failure. In our achievement-oriented culture, failure is often seen as the ultimate disaster. But grace transforms how we view and handle setbacks. Peter failed in a major way when he denied Jesus three times, yet grace empowered him to become one of the most influential leaders in church history. His failure did not disqualify him from his assignment. Sometimes, grace prevents failure, but other times, it sustains you through it and then empowers you beyond it. God’s grace gives you the ability to learn from mistakes without being defined by them, to acknowledge weaknesses without being limited by them, and to recover from setbacks without being destroyed by them.
How this applies to you:
— You approach failure as a learning opportunity rather than a final verdict on your abilities or worth.
— In leadership, you create cultures that value recovery and growth after setbacks rather than punishing those who try and fail.
— You develop resilience that comes from knowing your identity is secure in Christ, not in your performance.
— You bounce back from disappointments with supernatural speed because grace empowers your recovery.
— You analyze failures with honesty and humility, extracting valuable insights without self-condemnation.
— You maintain forward momentum even after significant setbacks, drawing on grace for renewed strength and vision.
— Your testimony of recovery becomes a powerful encouragement to others facing similar challenges.
— You experience joy even in the midst of failure because your internal state isn’t tied to your performance.
— You recognize that even your greatest failures can be redeemed and repurposed by God’s empowering grace, transforming
— You are who you are today because of what you have been through (good and bad). So, recognize that God can repurpose failure. He can transform your mess into your message and your test into your testimony.
— You understand that failure often prepares you for opportunities that success never could, positioning you for greater impact after recovery than you could have had without the setback. You have this mentality, “If the devil knew any better, he would leave me alone. The more he messes with me, the stronger I get through the process!”
Declaration of Faith:
Father, I thank You for Your empowering grace that gives me access to Your divine ability.
I declare that through Your grace, I can do what would be impossible through my own strength.
Your grace gives me the audacity to attempt things beyond my natural qualifications.
I handle success with humility, recognizing that everything I accomplish comes by Your grace.
When I face failure, Your grace sustains me, empowers my recovery, and propels me forward.
I draw on Your divine ability for every aspect of my life — my work, relationships, decisions, and circumstances.
Where my capabilities end, Your empowerment begins.
My life demonstrates what You can do through someone who depends completely on Your grace.
Living this way, I experience THE GRACE LIFE in 2025 and beyond, and GREATER IS COMING FOR ME!
I declare this by faith. In Jesus’ name. Amen!
This is Today’s Word! Apply it and prosper!
