St. Paul's life changed when he experienced God on the road to Damascus but it was not until he received the Holy Spirit by Ananias that he was in the position to spend and be spent by God enduring great hardship and affliction for the gospel.  His strength truly was made perfect in weakness and God could have his way with Paul.  Unless we receive God and are not disobedient to the heavenly vision, our faith is insufficient to the tests and trials of life.  But once God enters the spirit and begins to breathe the word into our very being, no matter what the trial, no matter what the test, his grace is sufficient. 

            All scripture is given by inspiration by God (2Tim3:16) and this inspiration is grace.  The word is God-breathed and as we spend time in silence and stillness God breathes the very life of his word into our heart.  I have not had any success trying to memorize scripture, in fact, those scriptures I have tried to memorize have faded away, yet every word God breathes into my spirit is profitable for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.  When the Word, Jesus, came into my heart by faith, it was an act of grace and every word of God that the Holy Spirit breathes in me is an act of grace.  Without effort, without struggle, without knit and grit, God inspires me, breathes in me the word and that word becomes profitable.  Without grace George is a most pitiable creature but as St. Paul says, by the grace of God I am what I am and this is totally the outcome of grace.

            St. Paul considered himself the chief of sinners but grace changed him and made him an apostle born out of due time.  No matter who or what you are, grace is sufficient for thee.  Do not judge or condemn yourself or others and ask, seek and knock until you receive this grace, then let God mold you, melt you, fill you, and use you and no matter what you were, now you are a child of the King and an heir to the kingdom.  Be a person of faith and let God have his way and let the God-breathed word reprove you, correct you, and instruct you and if satan chooses to sift you as wheat know that his grace is sufficient for thee. 

Amen