For His Grace is an Enabling Power

In our church Sunday school class we recently studied and read many chapters out of the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament. I’ve come to like Psalms because it is full of poetic, comforting phrases, like: “Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.” , “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.” ,or “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”…and the list could go on and on.

I have a friend at the gym who teaches in Sunday School. She told me that she challenged the class to write their own psalm, and I thought that would be a good thing to do for this blog, especially after I read Psalms 136. You should read that first, then perhaps mine will not appear too unusual, or repetative.

Praise the Lord, He is my helper
For His Grace is an enabling power.
When my strength entirely fails me,
His Grace is an enabling power.
When my heart is weighed with troubles,
His Grace is an enabling power,
And I pray for comfort in my worry,
His Grace is an enabling power.
I will choose him as my counselor,
For His Grace is an enabling power,
Trust in His unfailing hands of mercy,
For His Grace is an enabling power.

Recently I have been focusing on God’s enabling power, and have come to the conclusion that it’s application is beyond valuable, and have realized that is the definition of Grace. I always thought of Grace is being God’s unconditional love for us. I suppose that is still correct, but it lacks specific meaning, until it is defined as His enabling power.