The God of all grace

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. – 1 Peter 5.8-11


We can’t leave this verse without the words about how to do what it says. We can’t do any of this on our own. Every time we try we fail.

But we don’t have to do it by ourselves.

We have ‘The God Of All Grace.’ We have all the support we need because we have a God of all grace who will:

Perfect us and mature us and complete us. In all of our imperfections we do have a Perfecter to complete what we lack.

Establish us in the faith so that we know what our basis is during trouble. When He establishes us our foundation is secure.

Strengthen us in our own strengthlessness. We have no strength on our own – we can only endure through His strength.

Settle us during the most troublesome storms and trials and testings. He is our anchor and He will keep us secure.

The testings are real, but praise God that He is All Grace during trials and will give us the amazing grace to endure through ‘many dangers, toils, and snares’ and His grace will ‘lead us home.’