Grace and thanksgiving

And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. – 2 Corinthians 4.13-15

It is hard to understand troubles and trials. Most of the time they make no sense to us. One of the things that can keep us going through them though is this special knowledge that God who raised Jesus from the dead on day will raise us and present us to God.

Trials in this broken world are just part of a broken world. They are something that just comes from living here. We don’t escape them just because we are God’s children. Life is just tough sometimes.

We can be confident though that we will have God’s grace to get through the fight. God’s grace saved us, God’s grace will take us to heaven, and God’s grace will carry us through our current afflictions.

So God is due our thanksgiving. This broken world is always going be broken. We are not going to fix it no matter how much we try through earthly means. But we have God’s grace to see us through. Thank God that we have that grace as we look forward to better days ahead.

At the root of all this is the spirit of faith, trusting God to do as He says.