Sufficient!

Today's OneWord is "Sufficient"  God always answers the prayers of His children, but His answer is not always "Yes". Sometimes He will say, "Wait," or "No," Remember when Paul asks God to remove the thorn. However, God's answer to Paul was "No." Paul prayed a sincere prayer. He said concerning this thing, 'I pleaded with the Lord'.  Paul asked the Lord for help! He was serious about asking God to remove it! He pleaded! He got ugly when he prayed. Do you know that sometimes you have to get ugly with prayer? The Bible says, "The effective fervent prayers of the righteous avail much." If you want your prayers to mean anything to God, they must mean everything to you!  Paul was systematic when asking the Lord to remove this thorn. He asked not once, not twice, but three times. I can imagine the prayer went something like this: God please remove this thorn! God please give me some relief, and God please change my situation!  I know there are some of us today who are asking the Lord to help us, remove from us, give us, and ease this pain from us. However, God is answering us just as He did Paul. God answered Paul's request, but not in the way, that he expected Him too! God told Paul 'My Grace is sufficient for thee'. God was telling Paul I know you are my son! Paul you are even my peculiar apostle! Yes, you are my anointing one, but Paul the answer is still "No!" In God's wisdom and knowing His child...He did not grant the request...Sometimes God denies requests so that His children will lean and depend on His abundant GRACE. When we are without strength we have to look to God...He provides power by His GRACE.  This kind of grace is "Grace for Grown Folks" This kind of power is Grace for the spiritually mature folks! It is time out for the little kid's grace. By now, we should be using our "Grown Folks Grace"! We know the Word. We quote the Word, and we hear the Word. Then let us start using the Word. God knows far better than we do what is best for us. His answer is always sufficient.  Follow us on our Blog:http://onewordmovement.blogspot.com/ Much love, Monica Johnson  Founder of OneWordMovement Inc email:monica@onewordmovement.com website:www.1wordmovement.com contact # 762-MY.1.WORD or763-691-9673 blog:http://onewordmovement.blogspot.com Winning with OneWord by Working You OneWord!