“And the Child grew and
became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.”
Luke 2:40
The verse states that the
grace of God was upon Jesus. The Bible also says in Romans 5:20 "that where sin abounds, grace
abounds much more." And when you put the two together, you may
find yourself asking, “If the grace of God was upon Jesus, does it mean that He
sinned?” Is the grace of God just because of sin.
No sin was found in Jesus.
(2 Corinthians 5:21) So there must be another explanation as to why God’s grace
was upon Jesus. There must be another explanation as to why someone can abound
in God’s grace even when he has not sinned.
If you look at the word
“grace” when it was first mentioned in the Bible you will discover something interesting . Genesis 6:8 says that “Noah
found grace in the eyes of the Lord”. Noah’s name means “rest”. So the verse is
telling us that rest found grace. In other words, when you rest, you find
grace!
So grace was upon Jesus
because His life was a life of rest and trust in His Father. He said, “The Son
can do nothing of Himself. He can do only what He sees His Father doing.” (John
5:19)
Likewise, grace comes upon
you when you rest and trust God. If you have a stubborn child, stop nagging at
him and trust God to handle the problem. Say, “Jesus, I commit this child into
Your hands. I cannot control him. You can.” If you have a persistent pain in
your body, bring it to the Lord. Say, “Jesus, I hand all my worries about this
pain to You. You work on the pain.” It may also be addiction to drugs,
pornography or something else. He can handle it when you hand it over to him
and cease from your struggle.
You may ask “what if nothing
happens?”
The truth is that if after
you have given the matter to Jesus and nothing happens, what can you do? If
Jesus Himself can’t do anything about it, do you think you can help him? But
praise God, once the problem is handed over to Jesus, He can and will do a
perfect work of taking care of it for you!
So live a life of rest. Have
this attitude and tell the Lord, “I can do nothing of myself. I just rest in
You Lord and I trust You.” Dearest, what you will see is the grace of God upon
you in every situation of your life!
