FROM GRASS TO GRACE
Memorise: The wise shall inherit glory:
but shame shall be the promotion of fools. Proverbs 3:35
Read: Esther 8:15-17, Bible in one year:
Ruth 3-4, Mark 1:29-2:12
When a man’s way pleases the Lord, He
will make his enemies to be at peace with him. After this, God moves him from
grass to grace. This was the experience of Mordecai in our Bible reading today.
There is one condition which anyone who desires to move from grass to grace
must fulfil: such a person must be wise. The Bible says the wise shall inherit
glory (Proverbs 3;35). Who are the wise? The wise are those who fear the Lord
rather than man. In Esther 3:1-2, we read of how a man was trying to play God
by having all men bow before him. Contrary to his expectation, Mordecai would
rather worship God than man, hence, Human hated him. Even as Human planned the
downfall of Mordecai, the Almighty God was arranging how this God-fearing man
would move from grass to grace. It is wisdom to fear the One you know has the
capability to promote or demote you. This was the wisdom that eluded King
Nebuchadnezzar and he fell from grace to the level of eating grass (Daniel
4:30-33). Not until after he had learnt not only to reverence God but also to
fear Him did he had learnt not only to reverence God but also to fear Him did
he rise again. It is indeed true that the fear of God is the beginning of
wisdom. Jesus Christ taught His disciples the principle in Matthew 10:28,
saying:
“And
fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but
rather fear him which is able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is
able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
Those who allow the fear of men to push
them against the will of God are in danger of moving from grace to grass. When
you learn to fear the Lord, He takes up any challenge that may be facing you,
and beyond your wildest imagination, He will lift you up. Daniel was another
person who feared the Lord, and God raised him from grass to grace. After being
lifted from the den of lions unhurt, Daniel was promoted in the reign of Darius
(Daniel 6:23-28). Nowadays, Christians hardly exhibit the type of fear that is
expected of a servant to the master. God Himself demanded this type of fear
from us who are His royal priests (1st Peter 2:9) in Malachi 1:6
“A
son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father ,
where is mine honour? And if I be a master, where is my fear? Saith the LORD of
hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we
despised thy name?”
Beloved, if you want accelerated
promotion that will move you from grass to grace, the secret lies in the fear
of God.
Prayer Point
Father, please move me from grass to
grace today and let the world see Your glory in my life.
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