2 Corinthians 9:8: And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8 says ‘God is able to make all grace abound toward you.’ Notice here that God ‘is’ able, not God ‘was’ able, or God ‘used to be able’. God’s promise is always in the ‘now’, present tense, not past tense. He is the ‘I AM THAT I AM’ (Exodus 3:14, John 8:58), a present tense God. He is your very present help (Psalm 46:1). So God is in the present, now, able to make ALL grace abound toward you.
When you read ‘God is able to make ALL grace abound toward you’, it really means you can have God’s grace in ‘all’ areas of your life, not just one area of your life.
“Pastor, you mean I can have grace in ALL areas of my life?” Absolutely! Let’s stand on His Word. ‘All’ in this verse here is ‘pas’ in Greek. It means ‘every, whatsoever, whole.’ So, that includes grace in your career, grace in your family, grace in your business, grace in your finance, grace in every way!
And what does the word ‘grace’ means here? It is ‘charis’ in Greek. It means ‘being acceptable, having God’s favor, gift, benefit & pleasure bestowed on you joyfully and with liberality.’ Wow! This is God’s promise for us who believe. Jesus Christ has indeed taken every curse on your behalf at the cross, and therefore now, you can receive such abounding grace, in every area of your life. Believe & receive it!
The word ‘abound’ in Greek is ‘perisseuo’, which means ‘be in abundance, be in excess, have enough & to spare, excel, exceed.’ So when the world is going through economic recession, those who believe shall have abounding grace. There’s a big difference here, friend. So when people seem to have ‘closed doors’, you’ll just have supernatural ‘open doors’. Praise God! That’s what living in God’s heavenly kingdom is!
When God’s grace is abounding in you, the Bible says ‘you’ll have all sufficiency in all things,’ so that you may have an abundance for every good work. It means you’ll have all that you need, at all times in your life. This is how generous God is to you. He is such a great Giver. After all, He spared nothing. He even gave His only begotten Son Jesus to die for you (John 3:16).
