How Sweet the Sound

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)

God's grace is sufficient; it's enough for you and me.
What is it enough for?
For whatever you need it to be! Do you need grace to deal with emotions that are erratic, children who are exhausting, a spouse who is unpredictable, a boss who is grouchy?
What about grace for your fears for the future or worries for today? There is plenty to cover every need. 
There is not one area of our lives -- past, present and future -- where God's grace is not sufficient for us.
Sufficient means enough, or, as the Merrriam-Webster Dictionary says: "occurring in such quantity, quality or scope as to fully meet demands, needs or expectations."
God's grace can provide a life where your needs and expectations are fully met every time. That's the kind of grace I want to learn how to access!
The key is that God's power (His grace working on our behalf) is activated through our weakness. Uh-oh. Weaknesses are something we humans don't like to own up to. We like to hide our weaknesses, cover them up, refuse to admit them. That comes naturally to us, but that will frustrate the grace of God on our behalf. Instead, we not only need to admit our weaknesses, we can revel in surrendering areas we have been trying to control. (Did we really think we were in control anyway?) We give up. We say we can't do it, we can't fix it, and we are desperate for help. We reach out to the Creator as a little child in need, trusting that He is there to help us, trusting that He does not find fault with us when we ask Him to pour out grace on us.
We become God-needy instead of self-sufficient.
How many times a day should we look for God's help? As many times as we want grace to cover our lives. If we only want grace in the really tough places, if we only want our needs and expectations fully met at those crises, then only look to God at those times. But if you want a constant flow of God's grace for every moment of your life, then develop a continous looking to Him for His help, His wisdom, His nearness, His friendship.
His strength will be made perfect in your weakness, in your inability or unwillingness to handle life on your own. It is not irresponsible, it is the smartest thing you can do.
God's grace -- how sweet the sound!