Leading The Way - Devotional for May 21
May 21, 2026
Grace Equals Power
By Michael A. Youssef, Ph.D.
There is one thing you must understand about grace. Grace equals power. There is nothing like this power in the entire world. This power is so unique that it can raise a dead soul to life. It is a supernatural power. It’s a unique power. And it is that same power that sustains us through the difficulties of life.
No matter what your hurt may be, whatever your suffering is, whatever grief is crushing you, God’s promise for the apostle Paul is yours today: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). No matter what you are facing, God’s grace is sufficient.
How could we experience and explain the sufficiency of the grace of God if there were no thorns in our lives? How could we testify about it? God’s grace cannot be manifested when we are strong in our own eyes, when we think we don’t need it.
God’s grace shines the brightest against the darkness of our circumstances. God’s grace is manifested most clearly when we are weak. That is why Paul was glad to boast about his weakness. Why? So that Christ’s power would rest upon him even more. God is supremely faithful. We can trust Him to bring to completion the work He has begun in us (see Philippians 1:6). Indeed, He gives us His Spirit to empower us for godliness; He gives us His grace to sustain our eternal future—no one can snatch us from His hand (see 2 Peter 1:3, John 10:28-29). There is no sin for which Christ’s blood cannot atone. There is no trial that His Good News cannot carry you through (see 2 Corinthians 4:16-18).
“My grace is sufficient for you.” Is God’s grace sufficient for you? If you don’t think that God’s grace is sufficient for you, maybe you are focusing so much on the thorn that you cannot see the rose of His grace blossoming in your life. Look up and remember His grace, Truth, and promises—and rejoice.
Prayer: Lord, help me to take my eyes off my thorn. May my gaze instead be fixed upon Your throne. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
“I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power” (Ephesians 3:7).
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