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Grace Drivers

Lord, he may struggle without visible success. It will be like
the oil or grace in him has congealed or frozen up. Yes,
there is grace in his life, but it is not flowing. It becomes like
blood that is clotted in one’s veins which even endangers
one’s life because the blood is not flowing freely in the
person’s body.

It is thus so dangerous to have God’s grace and attempt to
engage it in a wrong field, wrong business, wrong ministry
or wrong career. Instead of the grace to bring benefit to you
and those within the field you have chosen, it would
engender confusion, conflict and, sometimes, crises of
identity. There are many anointed believers today who are
struggling to express themselves and barely getting
through life.

In many cases when grace finds the right environment, it
begins to flow, thrive and becomes fruitful. It’s just as many
tropical fruits that will not grow or thrive in temperate
climates because the weather conditions and the soil
system are not favourable. A tropical fruit seed in a tropical
environment would grow naturally. Such is the grace of
God.

The believer may have to pay the price to locate the right
environment and function for the grace of God in his/her
life. When Jesus received grace for ministry He stopped
functioning as a carpenter, because that was not the divine
purpose for the grace He had received. He grew up and was
trained as a carpenter, but when God anointed Him, the

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