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.
As part of this series, I am teaching a verse-by-verse exposition of the book of Galatians. Today we’re exploring how grace creates the unshakeable confidence needed for Kingdom business and professional excellence.
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.”
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.”
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.”
Scripture(s) we will study today:
Galatians 2:18 TPT
“For if I start over and reconstruct the old religious system that I had torn down with the message of grace, I would appear to be a lawbreaker.”
Galatians 2:19 TPT
“For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.”
Romans 7:4 TPT
“So, my dear brothers and sisters, you also died to your relationship with the Law through the crucifixion of Christ’s body. You are now free to ‘marry’ another—to be joined to the one who was raised from the dead so that you may bear spiritual fruit for God.”
2 Corinthians 3:5-6 ERV
“We don’t have the right to claim that we have done anything good ourselves. God is the one who makes us able to do the good things we do. He made us able to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people.”
Setting the Stage:
For the past few messages, I’ve been primarily addressing the text from a theological perspective, illustrating how grace transforms our relationship with God and our experience in the church. But today, I want to reveal the SECRET that most Christians miss: the same grace that sets you free in the sanctuary is what creates unshakeable confidence in the workplace.
When you understand that you’ve permanently died to performance-based living and are now married to Christ’s finished work, it eliminates every source of workplace anxiety and insecurity. You’re no longer trying to prove your worth through your performance. You’re expressing your worth that’s already been established through Christ’s performance.
Grace doesn’t just change your Sunday experience; it transforms how you operate every day of the week. Whether you’re an entry-level employee, climbing the corporate ladder, leading a team, or running your own business, understanding that your adequacy comes from God (not from your own qualifications) creates a confidence that workplace politics or difficult bosses can’t shake. When you know who you are in Christ, you bring Kingdom authority into every job interview, every performance review, every workplace challenge, and every career decision.
So, what does this secret mean to you today? A few things.
1. Your Professional Competence Flows from Divine Adequacy, Not Personal Qualifications.
Paul declares in 2 Corinthians 3:5-6: “We don’t have the right to claim that we have done anything good ourselves. God is the one who makes us able to do the good things we do.”
How this applies to you:
— Your confidence at work comes from knowing that God is the source of your ability, not your résumé, your degree, or your years of experience. Whether you’re interviewing for your first job or your dream position, resting in God’s grace doesn’t make you unprepared. It makes you unshakeable. When you know God is backing your calling, you can walk into any interview, meeting, or workplace with holy boldness. I am a witness. I have been living this way for years.
— Grace frees you from the impostor syndrome that plagues many professionals at every level. You don’t have to pretend to be more qualified than you are or live in fear that someone will discover you’re “not enough.” Your adequacy is from God, and He qualifies the called rather than calling the qualified.
— This divine adequacy gives you the confidence to apply for positions and take on assignments that your natural qualifications don’t fully support. When God opens a door (whether it’s a promotion, a new job, or a challenging project), your job is to walk through it in faith, knowing that His grace will provide everything you need for success. “It’s already done!” I have had to remind myself of this many times.
— Grace eliminates the need to compete with coworkers through comparison or office politics. You’re not trying to prove you’re better than someone else or climb over them to get ahead. You’re simply walking in the unique calling and gifting that God has placed on your life. This creates collaboration instead of competition and favor instead of friction.
— Your professional success becomes a testimony to God’s grace rather than a monument to your greatness. When people see supernatural favor and results in your work (whether you’re the newest hire or the most experienced employee), they know it’s more than natural talent. They’re seeing the grace of God in action.
— This perspective protects you from both pride in success and misery in temporary setbacks. Your identity isn’t tied to your job performance, your salary, or your position on the organizational chart. Your identity is tied to God’s grace, which never changes, regardless of workplace circumstances.
— When you fully embrace the grace of God, you approach challenges at work with expectant faith rather than anxious worry. You’re not wondering if you can handle it; you’re expecting God to do (through you) what only He can do.
2. Grace Transforms Your Work Ethics from Legal Compliance to Holy Excellence.
Paul shows us that we’ve “died to our relationship with the Law” and are now “free to ‘marry’ another—to be joined to the one who was raised from the dead.”
How this applies to you:
— Your work practices are no longer governed by “What can I get away with?” but by “How can I honor God and serve people?” Grace raises your standards far above company policies to love-based excellence. You operate with integrity, not because you have to, but because you want to.
— Grace-based work means you treat coworkers, customers, and supervisors as people made in God’s image, not just obstacles to overcome or tools to use. This creates respect, trust, and favor that performance reviews can’t manufacture. People want to work with those who operate with genuine care and integrity.
— Your motivation for excellence shifts from fear of consequences to love for God and people. Law-based work operates from fear: the fear of getting fired, fear of bad reviews, fear of missing promotions, etc. Grace-based work operates from love: love for God’s reputation, love for God’s people, and love for excellence itself, because God is excellent.
— Grace gives you the freedom to make decisions based on eternal values. You can afford to do the right thing even when it might cost you politically because you know God honors integrity with long-term blessing. This means you choose the hard right over the easy wrong, every time, because you are working for God!
— This approach to work creates what I call “supernatural favor” in your workplace. When you consistently operate with grace-based ethics, God opens doors that networking events never could and provides opportunities that your competitors don’t even see. Promotions find you because your character precedes your ambition.
— Grace-based work practices become a prophetic witness in your workplace. You’re demonstrating Kingdom principles in a secular environment, showing people what it looks like when God’s grace influences how work gets done. Your integrity becomes a light in environments where compromise is common.
— Your job becomes a platform for ministry impact rather than just personal advancement. Every task becomes an act of worship and service.
3. Your Influence at Work Comes from Servant-Leadership, Not Positional Power.
The grace message completely transforms how you understand and exercise influence in professional environments, regardless of your title or position on the organizational chart.
How this applies to you:
— Grace-based influence means you lead by serving rather than demanding. Your influence doesn’t come from your job title or seniority. It comes from your commitment to help others succeed and to add value wherever you are.
— You operate from security rather than insecurity. Because your identity is anchored in God’s grace, you don’t need to prove your importance by putting others down or hoarding information and opportunities. You can lift others up because their success doesn’t threaten your position. You can train your replacement because you know God has something greater for you.
— Your work style reflects the heart of God: excellent when possible, gracious always, and committed to bringing out the best in every person around you. You correct to help, not to humiliate. You challenge others to grow, not to dominate them. Whether you’re a supervisor or a peer, people feel built up after interacting with you.
— Grace-based professionals create environments where people feel safe to innovate, collaborate, and even make mistakes while learning. The bottom line is that your presence makes the workplace better for everyone.
— Your influence becomes a demonstration of how God leads His people; with patience, wisdom, and unwavering commitment to see others succeed. This attracts high-quality people.
4. Grace Creates Unshakeable Peace in High-Pressure Work Environments.
Understanding that you’re “joined to the one who was raised from the dead” changes how you handle the pressures and challenges of work life, regardless of your position or industry.
How this applies to you:
— When you know you’re in partnership with the resurrected Christ, no work challenge is bigger than your God. Economic layoffs, industry changes, difficult bosses, seemingly impossible deadlines, and workplace conflicts become opportunities to see God’s power demonstrated rather than reasons to panic. Your security isn’t in your job; it’s in your God.
— Grace gives you supernatural peace during crises because you know that God is working all things together for your good. While others are operating in fear and anxiety about job security or company changes, you can think clearly and make wise decisions because your peace doesn’t depend on circumstances.
— Your response to work pressure becomes a testimony to the reality of God’s grace in your life. People notice when you remain calm, productive, and kind under pressure. This opens doors for ministry conversations and demonstrates the practical power of faith. Your coworkers start coming to you for advice during stressful times.
— Grace helps you maintain proper perspective during both career highs and setbacks. This means you don’t allow your heart to get full of pride during times of promotion, nor do you fall apart during setbacks and disappointments. Why? Because you know your identity and future are secure in Christ.
— Your peace becomes a stabilizing influence in your workplace. When you operate from grace-based peace, it creates an atmosphere where others can also think clearly and perform at their best. You become the person others want on their team during challenging times.
Declaration of Faith:
Father, I thank You that my professional competence flows from my relationship with You!
I declare that You are the source of my ability, and Your grace makes me able to do everything You’ve called me to do in my career and in business.
I will honor You by serving people, regardless of my position or title.
I influence others by serving and empowering them to succeed, knowing that their success does not threaten me, because my security comes from You.
I have supernatural peace in high-pressure work situations because I know You are working all things for my good.
My job and career are platforms for demonstrating Your grace and advancing Your Kingdom.
I am living #TheGraceLife in every area of my life, and GREATER IS COMING FOR ME!
I declare this by faith. In Jesus’ name. Amen!
This is Today’s Word! Apply it and Prosper!
