Some years ago a young clergyman with his wife went to the seashore with their youngest child. After being there for three days, their little one was suddenly taken away to be with the Lord. The young parents took the little body home, with heavy hearts.
After the funeral, he began to prepare a sermon to preach to his people; he took for his text the passage found in the lesson for the day,
“My Grace is sufficient for thee.” (2 Cor.12:9). He spent about two hours in preparing it, then he said to himself:
“It is not true; I do not find His grace sufficient for this heavy trial that has befallen me.” He cried to the Lord to make His grace sufficient for him in this hour of sore need and crushing sorrow.
As he wiped the tears from his eyes, he glanced up and saw over his study table an illuminated text card that his mother had given him. The words read, “My grace is sufficient for thee,” the word “is” being in bold type and in a different color from all the other words in the text. He seemed to hear a voice saying to him: “How dare you ask Him to make what is? Believe His Word. Trust Him, and you will find it true in every way.”
He took Him at His Word, and believed it to be true. He at once had rest and peace, such trust in a sufficient Savior as he never before dreamed could be possible. Within a month the governess in the family said to his wife:
“The farmers are remarking how changed the vicar is; he does not seem fretful anymore, but is quiet and gentle about everything.”
From that day the life of this minister of the gospel was a testimony to the sufficiency of His grace, and His strength that is made perfect in weakness.
Eternity will not be long enough to praise and thank our Lord Jesus Christ for the simple, glorious fact, that His grace is sufficient for us in every trial.