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Grace Drivers



                               Believers  must  recognize  that  grace  is  not  enough  to
                               accomplish things for the Lord. Grace can be regarded as
                               fuel. A vehicle needs fuel to convey people and goods from
                               one place to another, but fuel alone cannot get the job done.
                               It also needs a vehicle in good condition to move around.
                               Just as with fuel and a vehicle, grace needs a diligent human
                               partner to achieve great things in any field. Studying the life
                               of  Jesus  in  Scriptures  it  would  be  observed  that  the
                               moment He received grace there was no idle moment with
                               Him thereafter. His record in Luke 4:1-2, 13-15 reads,


                                     “Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
                                     returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit
                                     into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days
                                     by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing,
                                     and  afterward,  when  they  had  ended,  He  was
                                     hungry...Now  when  the  devil  had  ended  every
                                     temptation,  he  departed  from  Him  until  an
                                     opportune time. Then Jesus returned in the power
                                     of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out
                                     through  all  the  surrounding  region.  And  He

                                     taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.”

                               And this was not a one-time thing; diligent work became
                               the life pattern of the Lord as Acts 10:38 testifies. “How
                               God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and
                               with power, who went about doing good and healing all who
                               were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.” From





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