Grace for the Grind

Daily Scripture Threshing for Today — Saturday, February 21, 2026

Today’s Text: 2 Corinthians 12:1–10

Key Verse: “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)

All of us face life's grind – those relentless pressures and challenges of life that can leave us feeling weak, worn out, and inadequate. But our key verse this morning offers us an equally profound truth: God's grace is sufficient for the grind. For Paul, his grind was a thorn in the flesh: a symbol of his weakness, but which became an opportunity for God's strength to be perfected in him. In like manner, we are reminded that when we're in the grind, God's strength is made perfect in our weakness, and His grace sustains us. Our text reminds us that our struggles aren't a sign of God's absence, but an opportunity for His presence and power to be revealed in us.

Life’s daily grind can stretch even the strongest believer. The load of responsibilities, challenges, and expectations can weigh heavily on us, but God’s promise remains sure—His grace is sufficient. Grace is heaven’s supply for earth’s strain, divine power made available in our human limitation. When Paul pleaded for relief from his “thorn,” God answered not with removal, but with reinforcement. Sometimes deliverance comes not by taking the problem away but by strengthening the person within it.

Grace transforms weakness into witness, weariness into worship, toil into soil in which new seeds of His word germinate, and turns tests into testimony. The believer’s dependence on grace is not seasonal – it is daily and continual. To ask for, and live by, grace is to accept that what you face may be greater than your strength, but never greater than God’s sufficiency.

Grace does not remove the fact that we are vulnerable. No, but it makes our burdens bearable and our battles winnable. It doesn’t free us from the grind; it fuels us through it. When our energy runs low, grace takes over and carries us beyond ourselves.

Action Step: Today, before you begin your routine, pause and pray: “Lord, I receive Your grace for today’s grind. Let Your strength work through my weakness and make me productive in Your power.” Acknowledge your weakness: Recognize areas where you need God's strength. Embrace the grind: See challenges as opportunities for God's power to shine through. Depend on God's grace: Rely on His sufficient grace to get through tough times. Focus on His presence: Shift your focus from your struggles to God's power in you.

Quote for the Day: “Grace doesn’t make life easier; it makes you stronger.” — (Simon Olatunji #quotablequote)

Let Us Pray: Heavenly Father, thank You for the sufficiency of Your grace that sustains me in every grind. Help me acknowledge my weaknesses and depend on Your strength. Perfect Your power in me, and let Your presence shine through my struggles. Teach me to lean, not on my ability, but on Your strength. When I grow weary, remind me that Your grace never runs dry. Empower me to work, serve, and press on with divine endurance—in Jesus’s mighty name, Amen.

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Thank you for threshing the Word with me today. For further study on this topic, please read: Philippians 4:13; Isaiah 40:29–31; Hebrews 4:16.

With love and prayers,

Simon Wale Olatunji, Ph.D.

Your Darling Bishop (DaBishop)

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