How to Put a Demand on God’s Grace
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I sat in my bed, tears running down my face. I couldn’t stand the thought of trying to get through another day if the day were going to go the same way all recent days had gone.
It was still dark outside, 4 or 5 AM, and no one was awake in the house except me. All I could think was, “Soon, I will have to get out of bed. Soon, my baby will cry. Soon, my husband will go to work and leave me here alone to face the day. God, help me.”
I was praying and crying all at once.
All of a sudden, a prayer welled up in my spirit that went something like this:
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“Father God, Your grace makes things easy. Your grace gives strength. Your Word says You’ll resist the proud but give grace to the humble.
Father God, I’m humbling myself before You right now. I have absolutely no way to get through this day by myself. I can’t handle it. I’m so tired. I’m burned out. I’m worn out. I can’t do it, Lord. I don’t have the strength.
Father, I need Your help.
Your Word says that my help comes from the Lord. Father, I’m humbling myself and admitting that I need Your help. I need Your grace. I need Your strength. I need courage, wisdom, and rest. I need the baby to take naps today so that I can get some work done. I need to know what to do and when to do it.
Help me, Father. I’m claiming Your promise that You give grace to the humble, and I’m humbling myself before You and admitting that I need Your help. I can’t do this, but You can … so thank You for Your grace. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
As I prayed, I could sense Holy Spirit’s presence.
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I cried and cried, but I wasn’t alone. I could feel Holy Spirit ministering to me. It was like He was wrapping me in His warm, comforting arms for a big hug. I knew He understood how I felt, and I knew He was having compassion on me–compassion that moves Him to do something.
I continued to pray for a few minutes. At one point, I even remember smacking my lips together like I was eating–nursing on the proverbial “breast” of God. (After all, He is El Shaddai–the Many-Breasted One.) It sounds silly, I know … but I was so used to seeing my newborn son nursing, totally helpless and dependent on me to keep him alive, that it just felt like a heartfelt demonstration of my faith.
Just like my newborn son, I was totally helpless and couldn’t get through another day without serious intervention from Someone bigger than myself.
I went back to sleep after that prayer time, soon to wake again and start my day.
Like every other day I’d had since our son was born, it was a day full of screaming baby. A day full of baby’s digestive issues that I couldn’t fix (an undiagnosed dairy intolerance). A day full of trying to get him to sleep when sleeping is not his favorite activity. A day full of trying to work a full-time job (this job), but not knowing how to do that and be a mama at the same time.
Yet, that day was also different from every other day.
I had put a demand on God’s grace, and it made all the difference in the world:
- I didn’t freak out that day. I actually had peace!
- I could feel God’s grace wrapped around me, keeping me.
- I walked through the day in a cocoon of His love and keeping power.
- My son slept that day–twice!
- I was able to get some work done.
That day, God’s grace was a tangible thing that felt like HELP.
Too often, we over-spiritualize grace. We think of it as only that thing that got us saved. And it’s true that God’s grace saves us; by grace we are saved, through faith in Jesus Christ. Grace is that gift of God that saves us from the slave market of sin when we don’t deserve it.
But God loves to manifest His grace in other ways too.
When God pours His grace on you, it feels like He has dumped a holy river of warm, silky molasses on your head. His grace feels like HELP when you need it the most. It feels like peace when you would otherwise freak out. And it feels like insulation from a harsh, exhausting, sometimes intimidating, or even frightening world.
God’s grace is sufficient for you, for His strength is made perfect in weakness.
James 4:6 tells us:
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'”
And 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 says:
Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’
Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.'”
If you’re weak, then you’re the perfect candidate for God’s grace.
Are you dealing with a marriage you don’t want to endure another day? Or, perhaps you have a strong-willed child that wears you to the point of exhaustion? Maybe you’re even dealing with:
- a job you hate;
- a hostile work environment;
- financial stressors that hang over your head like a sword; or
- depression and anxiety that you haven’t been able to kick yet.
Whatever your personal struggle is, Papa God has help for you today. That help is called grace, and it’s a holy help–a holy flow that only He can give–and it’s freely available to you.
All you have to do is humble yourself before Him.
What does humbling yourself before God look like?
Several things:
- It looks like submitting to His Word.
- It looks like submitting to His desires and doing what He asks you to do.
- It looks like admitting to Him that you need help.
- It looks like admitting to Him that you can’t do it (whatever your “it” is); that you have no strength of your own; but also acknowledging His truth that you CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
When you empty yourself before God and ask Him for His grace, you’re putting a demand on Him.
God responds to His Word. He also responds to faith. And He commands us to put Him in remembrance of His promises. Isaiah 43:25-26 says:
‘I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins. Put Me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case, that you may be acquitted” (Isaiah 43:25-26).
God wants us to tell Him what to do!
If you just raised your eyebrows at that statement, put ’em down! It’s the Word of God.
Yes, God wants us to remind Him of His Word in our prayers. Not because He has forgotten that Word; God never forgets anything except the sins He has forgiven. Rather, God wants us to remind Him of His Word because it builds our faith to do so.
And when you humble yourself before God and remind Him that He has promised you grace when you do, I call that “putting a demand on God’s grace.”
You put a demand on God when you point out His Word to Him and show Him that you meet the conditions.
When you put a demand on God, you know you have the legal right, based on His Word and the blood of Jesus, to receive what you ask for.
In my story above, I put a demand on God by humbling myself before Him. I admitted to Him that I had NOTHING without Him, but that I knew I could do it if He would help me. By doing so, I met the conditions for His promise that He “gives grace to the humble.”
Then, I called Him on His promise.
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Since I had met the conditions, I asked Him to give me grace and help me that day.
It wasn’t a wimpy ask, either. I wasn’t coming to Him in doubt or unbelief. Instead, was very much a legal transaction. I met the conditions of His promise, so He had to meet His part of the promise–and I told Him so.
Putting a demand on God means calling God out on His Word and insisting that He perform it.
And when you need God’s grace, you can put a demand on it as long as you meet the conditions. If you humble yourself, He will lift you up. If you humble yourself, He will give you grace. And when you pray, you can insist that He do so.
What do you need Papa’s help for today?
Put a demand on His grace. Humble yourself under His mighty hand. Confess that you’ve got nothing without Him. Confess that you can’t do anything in the power of your own flesh. Tell Him how much you need Him, and tell Him–in faith–that you know He’ll help you.
Put a demand on God’s grace. Meet His conditions and ask for His help. He will help you, and you’ll find His holy flow manifesting in your life.
Do you need Abba Father’s help today? Will you put a demand on His grace? If so, stop and pray now–then leave a comment below!
I am overwhemled by the unrelenting volume of demands on me in my job. I need God’s Grace. My whole management team in this company is. I need God’s grace, His deliverance, yes His guidance. My blood pressure from stress is very high. I was shocked when it was checked today. I need His Grace and wisdom. Do I go job hunting again or will things change here? . I have serious doubts about change.
FATHER GOD I PUT MY TRUST IN YOU.
As I was reading, “How to Put a Demand on God.” Peace began to settle around me as I read each word out loud. I began to recall how God’s Grace has been with me during my worst time and how I’ve allowed physical injuries to be the boss of me. Jamie, I have been reading a lot of your posting and sometimes it takes me quite a while to read I just can’t give up. It is as if your writing me letters of friendship, never give up, God’s has me in the palm of his hand. So Awesome! God Bless You and Keep You!
I humble myself before you Abba Father through Christ Jesus for Grace to succeed in my endeavors
Thank you Lord
Sister Jamie thank you so much for this wonderful message. I am looking out today’s to the grace of God to help my mummy be healed of her high blood pressure and get out of her bed and continue her activities as before.
Papa God please forgive me, heal my mom and help my mom to get out of bed and continue with her activities.
Thank you Father in Jesus name.
Thanks sister Jamie.
Thanks Jamie! This is a timely word. Blessings upon you and all your readers!!!
I am in desperate need of employment.
I know only God’s grace can deliver me and guide me to where I’m supposed to be.
Father God I can’t see you anywhere, but I trust You.
Sister Jamie I thank Papa God for His grace in our life and for answering my prayer. My mom is healed of her high BP and is out of bed. I continue to plead the grace of God to strengthen her and fill her with the oil of gladness. So that she can carry on her own work.
Jamie I thank you for listening to the Holy Spirit and showing us the way to access the grace of our Lord Jesus.
I pray God keeps using you mightly for us. Thanks once again.
Thank you sis Jamie. The words of encouragement today are timely and lively. I don’t only benefit from it but have also decided to encourage someone else with it today. May God continue to prosper His works in your hands
God bless you sis.
Every time I’m led to read one of your publications (ALL OF THEM). It never fails it’s an RHEMA word from above. However, this word was so timely for my current season.
Thank you for sharing ??
Great, A couple of years ago I saw Kat Kerr’s You Tube on daily grace. Isn’t it wonderful that we can ask for and receive daily grace not saving grace as you said but abundant grace for daily living. As we look to Papa and ask for and receive daily grace He told her He that They would download “fuel from Heaven” for the day. I have taught this concept to anyone who would listen including my four year old granddaughter who will dance and say Grace, Grace, I need more grace. You shared it well. thanks
Thank you for reminding me to Humble myself before the LORD and show just cause for my request. 20 months unemployment has brought many Q’s.
I’m trusting in the Lord Grace.
Amen
Thanks Jamie. I am blessed
I have a heart that wants to give, we give to our Church a generous amount and my spouse thinks that is enough. My heart wants to give back to organizations that have blessed me but it causes trouble in my marriage. Please pray her heart is changed and we can get on board together to bless others with our resources.
I’m humbling myself under the almighty hands of Jesus Christ amen. Psalm 90:17
I’m humbling myself under the almighty hands of Jesus Christ amen. Abba Father please grant grace, mercy and forgiveness. Your promises are yes and amen. Hallelujah, hallelujah and hallelujah. Peace, prosperity and good health. Amen Psalm 90:17
Amen hear our humble cry O Lord God your grace is blessings us daily. we trust in Thee thank You. thanku beloved Ps Jamie
AMEN WE PUT A DEMAND ON YOUR GRACE AS WE MEET YOUR CONDITIONS THANK YOU LORD, HELP OUR ENTIRE FAMILY IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE. BLESSED ASSURANCE.
Amen Amen Amen 🔥,
Isaiah 43v25-26.
Father, I thank You in advance as I put a demand on Your Grace by Faith because you are Faithful.
Amen 🙏
Thousands of pounds were stolen from me but I’m naming my seed the 7 fold restoration to come back to me. Thanks Jamie