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:
John 3:30 NIV
“He must become greater; I must become less.”
Let’s look at Proverbs 25:27 from two translations:
Proverbs 25:27 ERV
“Just as eating too much honey is not good, it is not good for people to always be looking for honor.”
Proverbs 25:27 TPT
“It’s good to eat sweet things, but you can take too much. It’s good to be honored, but to seek words of praise is not honor at all.”
Now we will look at 1 Corinthians 4:7 in three translations:
1 Corinthians 4:7 NIV
“For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?”
1 Corinthians 4:7 ERV
“Who do you think you are? Everything you have was given to you. So, if everything you have was given to you, why do you act as if you got it all by your own power?”
1 Corinthians 4:7 TPT
“For what makes a distinction between you and someone else? And what do you have that grace has not given you? And if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as though there is something special about you?”
Setting the Stage:
There’s a saying in the business world that “We can get more done when nobody worries about who gets the credit.” This principle rings even more true in God’s Kingdom. When you’re not trying to get the credit for what God is doing through you, He can use you in ways that far exceed your natural abilities. Yesterday, we talked about how grace is the key to God’s power. Today, we’ll explore how getting yourself out of the way and deflecting all glory to God can unlock even greater dimensions of grace in your life.
So, what does this mean to you today? A few things.
1. The Greatest Level of Grace Is Released When You Seek God’s Glory, Not Your Own.
Grace flows most powerfully through those who aren’t concerned with building their own reputation or receiving recognition for their work. The moment you become preoccupied with who gets the credit is the moment grace begins to diminish in your life.
How this applies to you:
— God promised to make Abarham’s name great, and once we are in Christ, we are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise. However, the principle is that God will make our name great so we can magnify His. If you live your life to make your own name great, then you will cut yourself off from God’s grace because you are not living for HIS glory!
— John the Baptist understood this principle perfectly when he declared, “He must become greater; I must become less.” This wasn’t false humility; it was the recognition that his purpose was to point to Jesus, not to himself. In the same way, we are called to point people to God, not to ourselves!
— Your effectiveness in God’s Kingdom is directly proportional to your willingness to decrease so that Christ might increase in your life.
— When you find yourself concerned about recognition or acknowledgment for your service, it’s a sign that self and pride are creeping back onto the throne of your heart.
— The most powerful ministries, businesses, and services rendered are those where people walk away talking about Jesus, not about the vessel He used.
— Every time you feel the urge to highlight your contribution, ask yourself: “Am I making this about me or about Him?“
— I don’t know if you realize this, but your greatest spiritual growth will occur during seasons when you serve faithfully without anyone noticing or applauding your efforts. It’s not about you!
— Living in THE GRACE LIFE means constantly redirecting attention from yourself to your Savior, knowing that He alone deserves all recognition and praise.
2. No Credit Equals No Pressure.
When you’re not concerned with getting credit, you experience freedom from the pressure to perform. This creates space for God’s grace to operate without the interference of your ego or anxiety about outcomes.
How this applies to you:
— When you live in the flesh, the burden of maintaining your reputation is exhausting. But when your only concern is God’s glory, you’re freed from constantly managing how others perceive you. This is how I live. I am not worried about what other people think. I just seek to glorify God, and in the process, God has made my name great. The more God elevates me, the greater the platform I have to glorify Him!
— Performance anxiety diminishes when you realize success isn’t measured by others’ recognition of your contributions but by God’s purpose being fulfilled through you for His glory.
— You can take divinely inspired risks (at the risk of looking foolish) without fear of failure because when God’s glory is your goal, even your mistakes become platforms for His grace to be displayed. Think about that. Even when you look bad, God can still look good as He walks you through difficult seasons.
— True rest comes when you stop trying to be the hero of your story and allow Jesus to take center stage in every area of your life. When people read the story of your life, Jesus wants to be the STAR on every page. The day you become OKAY with that is the day you will start living a life that is beyond your dreams because it is then (and only then) that God is free to do what He wants to do in, with, and through you.
— When you live for God, and you are seeking to glorify His name and not your own, then when criticism comes, it loses its sting because your identity isn’t built on human approval.
— Do not underestimate the type of insight God can give you when you are willing to do whatever He tells you to do. The freedom to make mistakes without fearing what others think creates space for innovation and creativity that wouldn’t exist when you take on the pressure to perform, or you seek the approval of men.
3. What You Relinquish in Credit, You Gain in Anointing.
There’s a divine exchange that happens when you willingly surrender your desire for recognition: God increases your anointing. This supernatural empowerment enables you to accomplish far more than human effort ever could.
How this applies to you:
— The anointing flows through humble and submitted vessels. Nothing blocks the anointing more than pride and self-promotion.
— When you’re willing to work behind the scenes with no recognition, God often entrusts you with greater responsibility and influence.
— Your private faithfulness, when no one is watching, builds your spiritual capacity to carry greater anointing when God chooses to elevate you to the point where everyone is watching. In other words, you must be processed to the point where you can carry the weight of the anointing associated with the assignment.
— The moments when you feel most invisible may be the exact moments when God is preparing to use you in the most powerful ways.
As I close out this point, I want to use George Washington Carver as an example. The point I am making is this: “The freedom to make mistakes without fearing what others think creates space for innovation and creativity that wouldn’t exist under the pressure to perform.”
George Washington Carver discovered over 300 uses for peanuts and developed hundreds of applications from sweet potatoes and soybeans. Interestingly, despite his extraordinary innovations, Carver held only three patents. He believed his discoveries were gifts from God meant to benefit humanity rather than generate personal wealth. “God gave them to me,” he explained about his discoveries. “How can I sell them to someone else?“
Carver was known to rise at 4 a.m. and walk alone in the woods to pray. He called nature “God’s unlimited broadcasting station.” In his laboratory—his sanctuary of scientific discovery—he sought divine guidance for his work. Since Carver approached his research as a service to God and humanity rather than for personal recognition, the Lord blessed him with extraordinary insights that transcended the conventional scientific methods of his day. In other words, he was able to do what other, more educated scientists,l were not able to do, because His insight came from God and he gave all the glory to God! So, it is clear that when you seek only to glorify God, He can reveal knowledge and innovation that exceed human understanding.
4. Kingdom Success: The Joy of Anonymous Impact.
In God’s Kingdom, some of your most significant achievements may never be attributed to you. This anonymous impact represents the purest form of Kingdom success because it ensures God receives all glory.
How this applies to you:
— There’s a special joy in knowing you’ve been used by God in someone’s life without them even realizing it was you–this is service in its purest form.
— Heaven keeps perfect records of faithful service rendered without recognition, and eternity will reveal the full impact of your obedience. In other words, what you do down here is recorded up there!
— Some of your most effective prayers, generous gifts, and timely words of encouragement may be those that no one ever associates with you, and you have to be okay with that.
— When you’re content to be forgotten as long as Christ is remembered, you’ve discovered the secret to lasting Kingdom impact.
— True greatness in God’s Kingdom often looks like obscurity in the world’s eyes. It’s about serving faithfully without seeking titles, platforms, or recognition. If God exalts you, fine, but that should not be your goal.
— When God leads you to do something of service, and there is no possibility of you receiving any credit, you are facing a moment that will reveal the intent of your heart. In these moments, you find out if you are genuinely serving for God’s glory and His glory alone or to be seen and recognized by men.
— Living in THE GRACE LIFE means finding deep satisfaction in being part of God’s work, regardless of whether your contribution is ever acknowledged or celebrated. There are many things that I have done for years without recognition, and I have learned to rest in God’s approval of me.
Declaration of Faith:
Father, I surrender all desire for recognition and acclaim back to You today.
I find freedom in making my life ALL ABOUT YOU!
My satisfaction comes not from human acknowledgment but from knowing I’ve been faithful to Your calling.
The anointing that flows through my life belongs entirely to You, and I guard against claiming any credit.
I find joy in those moments when my service goes unnoticed by others, knowing You see everything.
I measure success not by recognition but by faithfulness to what You’ve called me to do.
I choose the path of humility, knowing this is where Your power flows most freely.
Living in THE GRACE REALM in 2025, I discover the liberating joy of being a vessel for
Your glory alone! Therefore, I know GREATER IS COMING FOR ME!
I declare this by faith. In Jesus’ name. Amen!
This is Today’s Word! Apply it and prosper!
