Meditate On
...Noah found grace in the eyes of the
Lord.
Genesis 6:8
Rest
Finds Grace
The first time the word “grace” appears in
the Bible is in the story of Noah—“Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord”
(Genesis 6:8). Noah’s name means “rest,” so the verse is showing us here that
“Rest found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”
My friend, the enemy gets you off-track by
getting you out of rest. How does he do this? By getting you into self-effort,
where you trust in your own abilities to solve your problem. He wants you
running around frantically looking for a solution, feeling anxious and
troubled. But God wants you restful, trusting in Him and allowing Him to lead
you to victory. Look at Jesus in the Gospels. No one was more restful than Him,
yet no one was more effective than He was! Jesus rested in the love of His
Father and only did what He saw His Father doing—there was no self-effort.
Beloved, stop striving through your own
efforts and rest in the Lord’s love for you. Rest by trusting in His finished
work. That’s how you allow Him to direct you with divine wisdom to His divine
solutions. That’s how you allow His grace to abound in your life. His grace
will stop that addiction. His grace will drive out that disease. His grace will
fill your areas of lack and lead you to abundance and victory!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
