John 1:16 Grace is fuel for the journey of life. Grace helps and enhances us in life. Grace qualifies us for what we need to do in life and helps us make it to the finish line of life successfully. Our lives can be likened to cars, and life itself can be likened to an individual race each person is running. 1 Corinthians 9:24 A car that has no fuel cannot race. A car that ran out of fuel during the race will not make it to the finish line. What fuel is to vehicles is what grace is to us on the journey of life, and even more. A car that had been stuck, that's been immobile due to an empty tank will begin to run efficiently once fuel, diesel, or electricity has been supplied to it. Grace is what we need to make it. As fuel gets a vehicle that was immobile on an empty tank moving, grace gets us moving in life and destiny. Fuel transforms the state of a vehicle from being stuck and grounded when its on an empty tank to moving and functioning efficiently, grace does the same thing for ...
Proverbs 24:10 Life will demand strength from you, whether its physical, mental, or spiritual strength or all of them. You need strength for the journey of life. You need strength to survive the storms of life, you need strength to ride out the tempest that may come your way on life's journey. On the journey of life we need to know where to get strength when our strength reserves are being depleted. Just as cars need to top up their fuel at the gas/fuel station, we need to top up our strength too on the journey of life. Electric cars recharge at certain points, diesel cars also get fuel at gas stations. If they don't, the car will stop and refuse to move at some point. In the same manner, when our strength is not replenished we will start functioning below our best at some point. When you are tired, fatigued, or weak, where do you go to receive strength? Feeling weak is not an offence, feeling fatigued is not a crime, neither is feeling tired a sin. Life's issues and chal...