Super Abounding Grace
Devotions:
“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:” Romans 5:20 KJV
Sometimes sin in our fife seems insurmountable. We seem to be forever snared in its clutches. But God says that where sin abounds because of the law, God's grace does super abound. That is His forgiveness and overcoming power is available in much greater measure than the sin. No matter how much the enemy has you bound up, God's power and forgiveness is available to set you free. Without Jesus sin is ever present. It is amplified, and empowered by the law. The law is holy and righteous and good. The problem is that in ourselves we cannot keep the law.
As sinners we were trapped in sin. When we received Jesus our spirits were set free but there is still an element of sin working in our souls and bodies. Our souls are set free by God's word and experiencing His love in His glory. The word of His grace and the grace of His glory activates His righteousness and His holiness that is in us. Our born again spirit does not want to sin and grieves when we do. Only as we look to His super abounding grace within us do we overcome, not by our strength but His strength.