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:
Genesis 17:1 NIV
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, ‘I am El Shaddai, walk before me faithfully and be blameless.'”
3 John 1:2 KJV
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
Philippians 4:19 NIV
“And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.”
Setting the Stage:
One of the most powerful revelations you can ever receive in your Christian walk is understanding that God is your total source of supply. Not partial, not sometimes, not just for spiritual things, but for EVERYTHING. When we live THE GRACE LIFE, we recognize that our dependence isn’t on people, jobs, governments, or economies — it’s on El Shaddai, the God who is more than enough. Today, we’re going to unpack what it means to have God as your source, and how grace makes this a reality in your everyday life.
So, what does this mean to you today? A few things.
1. El Shaddai: The All-Sufficient One is Your Source.
When God revealed Himself to Abraham, He did so with a specific name: El Shaddai. This name reveals God’s character as your total source of supply. In El Shaddai, we find a God who doesn’t just have what you need — He IS what you need.
How this applies to you:
— El Shaddai literally points to God as “the Breasted One” – the Hebrew root word “shad” means breast. This powerful image reveals God as the nourisher, the satisfier, and the all-sufficient one, much like a mother’s breast provides complete nourishment for an infant. Just as a baby receives everything it needs – nutrition, comfort, security, and growth – from its mother’s breast, so God is designed to be your total source of everything you need. Part of learning to rest in God’s grace is growing to the point where you can trust God as your source for everything you need.
— Living in THE GRACE LIFE means you no longer look to people, jobs, the government, or your own abilities as your ultimate source. You recognize that every good thing comes from God, and He uses these other things merely as channels for His provision.
— When you embrace God as your total source, fear of lack loses its grip on you because you know that God will never run out of anything. Instead of the fear of running out, you develop faith in running over.
— What appears in your bank account is not your supply but merely the evidence of your supply. Your real supply is El Shaddai Himself, and He never runs low or experiences shortages. Learning to walk with God and rest in His grace will position you to not only receive from God as your source but also to rest in God as your source.
— When you recognize God as your source, you’re liberated from putting pressure on people or systems to meet your needs. You learn to honor people and appreciate them without depending on them as your source. It’s the same way with a job. You appreciate the job, and you value it, but you know that the job is not your source.
— Jesus said we must become like little children to enter the kingdom of God. A baby doesn’t worry about where its next meal is coming from — it simply trusts its parent. This is the essence of living in THE GRACE LIFE — simple, childlike faith and trust in a Father who is your source.
— Living in THE GRACE LIFE means you can pray this simple but powerful prayer daily: “Thank You, Father, You are my total source of supply, and because of You, I never run out.”
2. Grace Removes the Pressure to Be Your Own Provider.
Part of what you have been learning in this series thus far, this year, is the power of resting in God and His grace. I have been teaching you to live free from the pressure to perform. Well, that freedom applies to provision as well. When we recognize God as our source, we’re set free from the exhausting struggle of trying to be our own provider. We still have to work, but we work knowing that God is ultimately our source. This means that our confidence is in God and not in man or in any job or business.
How this applies to you:
— The world’s system trains you to look to your job, your savings, or your connections as your source. THE GRACE LIFE teaches you to look to God first, knowing that He often works through these channels but is never limited by them.
— Some of the greatest stress in life comes from trying to be your own source. When you embrace God’s grace, you can exhale and rest, knowing the pressure isn’t on you to figure everything out or make everything happen. God has a plan for your provision, and resting in God’s grace helps you discover it.
— The revelation of God as your source doesn’t mean you don’t work hard. It may mean that you work harder, but you are working, empowered by God’s grace and free from distressing anxiety. Paul said, “I worked harder than all of them–yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.”
— When a need arises, notice where you instinctively look first. Do you immediately think, “I need to work more hours” or “I need to find another source of income“? Or do you look to God first? Your first response reveals who you truly believe your source is.
— Grace teaches us that God’s provision often comes through channels (jobs, people, opportunities), but we must never confuse the channel with the source. When one channel closes, God can open countless others.
— Living in THE GRACE LIFE frees you from putting pressure on yourself and others. You realize that neither you nor any other person is designed to be anyone’s source — only God is qualified for that position. Many marriages have fallen apart because spouses put pressure on each other as their source instead of looking to God.
— When God is truly your source, you’ll never lose sleep over finances. This isn’t denial or irresponsibility — it’s confident trust in the One who promised to meet all your needs according to His riches in glory.
3. The Grace Realm: Where God Shows His Sufficiency.
In THE GRACE REALM, God’s sufficiency is constantly demonstrated in your life. It’s not about “just enough” — it’s about His overwhelming abundance flowing through you.
How this applies to you:
— 2 Corinthians 9:8 declares that God is ready to “overwhelm you with every form of grace, so that you will have more than enough of everything.” This is God’s desire — not barely getting by, but overflowing abundance in every good thing. God wants us to minister to others out of the overflow.
— Living with God as your source means you can be a conduit of His supply to others. You become a distribution center of God’s grace — receiving from Him and giving to others — instead of trying to hoard and protect what you have. Another reason why you don’t need to hoard is because you know your source will never run out.
— When you live in THE GRACE REALM, you experience what 3 John 1:2 describes: prosperity and health in direct proportion to the prosperity of your soul. As your understanding of grace increases, so does your capacity to receive God’s provision. It starts on the inside and then manifests on the outside.
— In THE GRACE REALM, provision often arrives before you even know you need it or just at the right time. Like Abraham on Mount Moriah, who discovered the ram caught in the thicket (Genesis 22), God has already prepared your provision, and it will be there when you need it. As a result of this encounter, Abraham called that place JEHOVAH-JIREH!
— Grace teaches us that God is Jehovah-Jireh — the Lord who sees ahead and provides. He doesn’t react to your crises; He anticipates your needs and prepares for them in advance.
— Living in THE GRACE LIFE eliminates panic because you know who your source is. When unexpected expenses arise, or income streams change, you can remain at peace, knowing that your God (not your circumstances) determines your supply.
4. Making the Shift: From Faith-Alone to Grace-Through-Faith.
While faith is essential, it’s grace that provides what we need. Faith simply receives what grace has already made available. Understanding this distinction transforms how we approach God as our source.
How this applies to you:
— The old covenant focused on what we must do for God. The New Covenant of God’s grace focuses on what God has already done for us. Our faith doesn’t move God to provide; it simply receives what His grace has already provided.
— The shift from performance to grace means you no longer try to earn God’s provision — you simply position yourself to receive what He’s already given. You don’t convince God to be your source; you realize He already is.
— Faith isn’t pressuring God to be good to you; it’s the confident expectation that He is already good and has already provided what you need. Living in THE GRACE LIFE means your faith rests in God’s completed work, not in your ability to persuade Him.
— Abraham didn’t earn God’s provision on Mount Moriah. He was just being led by God. God led him to the mountain. God led him to sacrifice his son. He was obedient every step of the way. And once his obedience was tested and proven, God directed his attention to a sacrifice (the ram) that was already provided. God made preparations, in advance, to provide Abraham with the ram he knew he would need. Likewise, your obedience doesn’t earn provision, but it positions you to receive it.
— When you truly grasp that God is your source, you’ll stop looking at the size of your need and start looking at the size of your God. No need is too great for El Shaddai!
— In THE GRACE LIFE, you can face any situation with confidence, knowing that before the challenge even appeared, God had already prepared the solution. Your provision never depends on your perfection; it was already prepared and provided by His grace. All you are doing when you walk and live by faith is learning to position yourself to receive what He has already provided.
Declaration of Faith:
Father, I thank You that You are El Shaddai, my all-sufficient One, my total source of supply.
I release all attempts to be my own source or to look to others as my source of provision.
Your grace has already made available everything I need for life and godliness.
I will no longer panic when needs arise, knowing You anticipated them long before I saw them.
Before I even reach my mountain, You have already positioned my ram in the thicket. In other words, You have prepared for my needs before I know I need them.
So, I am free from the anxiety of self-provision because I live under the canopy of Your grace.
Your sufficiency flows through me, making me a distribution center of Your abundant supply to others.
I rest in Your promise that You will meet all my needs according to Your riches in glory.
I am graced to prosper in every area of my life because You are my unfailing source.
I live THE GRACE LIFE in 2025 and GREATER IS COMING FOR ME!
I declare this by faith, in Jesus’ name. Amen!
This is Today’s Word! Apply it and prosper!
