We can experience grace and peace
Today's Devotional
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God—Romans 5:1,2.
You are justified. You are being brought into a place of peace. And remember, the peace of God is different from any other peace. It “surpasses all understanding” (Philippians 4:7); it helps you to keep your composure. You are not shaken by earthly things. It is a deep peace, created by the knowledge of a living faith, which is the living principle of the foundation of all truth. Christ is in us, the hope and the evidence of glory (Colossians 1:27).
See how rich you are in Christ: “Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.”
Peter called it a “precious faith”(2 Peter 1:1). It has passed through Abraham, Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit. We have access, we have a right into, we have an open door to all that the Father has, all that Jesus has, and all that the Holy Spirit has. Nothing can keep us out of it. Jesus Christ is the “Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End” (Revelation 1:8). Through Him, we may know grace, favor, and mercy, which will lift us up and take us through into grace and peace: “grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord” (2 Peter 2:1:2). Do you want grace and peace to be multiplied? You have it if you dare to believe. We have the right to the promises and the right to all the inheritance of which Christ has made us heirs.
About the author and the source
Although he was a poorly educated man who did not learn to read until after his marriage, Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947) was devoted to God and saw success in his work. He led thousands to Christ, was used to heal many through faith, and set an example of belief in God’s promises, especially those regarding the Holy Spirit. Others collected and edited his sermons into a devotional.
Smith Wigglesworth Devotional, compiled by Glenn Gohr and others. New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House, 1999.