2 Timothy 2:1, 11-13 – “You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus…11 It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; 12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.”

How about you?  Do you want to be “Strong in Grace?”  I believe I can answer that for you without violating your right to decide for yourself and say Absolutely!  In verses 11-13, some truths regarding our walk in Christ in this life by saying:

1. If we have died in Him, we will live in Him.
2. If we endure, we will reign.
3. If we deny Him, He will deny us.
4. If we are faithless, He will remain faithful.
5. God cannot deny Himself.

We are dead in Christ through the experience of the “new birth.”   We have been made new creations through the gift of Salvation and one day, we will live with Him eternally.  Jesus never hid the fact that we would face difficulties in life and the Christian walk, nor does Paul.  He tells us that the end of that enduring is reigning with Jesus.  He warns that if we deny the Lord, God will deny us on that day, which is not something that we desire.  He tells us that we may be less than faithful, but God will always be faithful because He cannot deny Himself, and He is faithful.

Therefore, to be “Strong in Grace” is to embrace the faith that is in Jesus Himself.  It is to allow the Holy Spirit to guide our thoughts, words, and deeds. It is to allow the Holy Spirit to shed the Love of God abroad in our hearts and to teach us all things that Jesus said.  It is to allow the Holy Spirit to quicken our mortal bodies so that we shake off the shackles of carnality and move into the realm of the spiritual.  It is to become focused on the King and the Kingdom of God as paramount and supreme above all else.  It is to Surrender our lives totally to God!

In that condition and position, we become “Strong in Grace,” no matter what comes, we come out the other side In Christ and, therefore, Victorious!

May God be with you as you go through your day!