Howdy, Ladies and Gentlemen! If you haven’t been keeping up with the articles, the main focus of this series is to help you acknowledge the areas of your life that may be holding you back from fully experiencing everything God has in store for you. Whether that be unforgiveness, heartbreak, addiction, or etc., we know that God has a plan for your life that surpasses anything you could ask, think, or imagine. However, that requires your obedience and self control. Oftentimes, we can sabotage ourselves with our own habits. I just hope that this series on social media has allowed you to understand more about yourself and grow you, not only emotionally, but spiritually and mentally as well. 

SO, today is the official last day of our social media series for 2024. Thank you so much to the thousands of people who have tuned in. Don’t worry, this doesn’t mean we’re going away! So get your popcorn, sanctified Welch’s sparkling grape juice, and let’s get this started!

Honestly, we were confumbled (yes I did just use that word) when considering what to write as the last article of the year. After prayer, consideration, and a ton of family conversations- we’ve decided that the topic of today is going to be God’s grace in weakness. 

As I was praying, The Lord revealed that he wants you to unpack the suitcase. What I mean by that is he wants you to let go of those things and habits that have been holding you back from accepting his grace. In 2025, you do not want to be stuck in the same cycles of life you were in 2024. You will not be able to move forward and walk in what God has stored for you if you’re focused on the past. If that unforgiveness, emotional attachment to someone you know you have no business talking to, and bitterness stay packed in your suitcase, how are you going to have room to pack what God has in store for you? 

What is grace?

But, before I get fully started, you may be asking, “What is the definition of grace?” And if you did, I’M SO GLAD YOU ASKED. 

Grace could literally be defined as pardoning someone in a way they could never deserve or earn. For example, have you ever gotten into some serious trouble and been forgiven or pardoned, even if you didn’t deserve it? That’s grace. The best example I could give of grace is this:

Imagine you were hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and I mean all KINDS of debt. House note debt, car note debt, rent debt, dental debt, hospital debt, life debt, food debt, air debt- all of the debts, then someone comes along and says they would be willing to pay that debt for you. That’s what grace is. It’s a gift from God that cannot be deserved, earned, or worked for. It’s his unconditional kindness and love that doesn’t give up on you even when you give up on yourself. 

Accepting his grace

You may not be in those kinds of debt, but the truth is, you’re most likely in emotional, spiritual, physical, or mental debt. So many of you are allowing the enemy to hold you in cycles of pain, heartbreak, and trauma, but I’m thankful that we serve a God who can break those yolks because of his grace. If you think you’re too far gone into sin for him to accept you, he sent us to tell you that it’s not too late, and his grace is sufficient. So often people can let their own guilt push them away from God, but we have to understand the difference between guilt, condemnation, and conviction. These things are not the same at all. Conviction is meant to draw you closer to God, allowing you to recognize that you are imperfect and in need of a savior. Condemnation, however, is what the enemy uses to manipulate you into thinking God will never accept you because of your sin. It’s what calls you dirty, unclean, unrighteous, and sinful- but the Lord speaks a better word. His word says that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, and that his grace is sufficient. Once you ask for forgiveness over that sin you committed, you are no longer the same person, so stop dwelling on things of the past that The Lord has already pardoned you from.

You need to not only forgive others, but you have to learn how to forgive yourself. If you live life dwelling in guilt and shame, then you won’t live it at all. You’ll be trapped in a mental and emotional prison cell, but the thing is- you have the key. You have the ability to change your perspective on life and the way you see yourself, but it’s up to you whether you want to live in freedom, because God will never force your hand. You can walk out of that prison cell into a room filled with light and possibility, all because of his grace. 

And there are so many people who have the key but are still rotting away in their cells, because they don’t want to change. They don’t want to be free. They would rather pity themselves than move on, and I don’t want you being one of those people. 

1. Don’t let your inadequacies stop you from experiencing what God has for you. There is a potential that remains within you, gifts that you know God has given you to advance his kingdom, but you procrastinate and don’t use it.

I’m currently in highschool, and when I first started, the Lord was putting me in places where I could use my gifts to glorify his name, but something was holding me back- and that was myself. I was insecure in who he called me to be, and didn’t feel like I deserved anything good. I didn’t believe I was good enough, and that insecurity manifested itself into delayed obedience. Like I said, God has so much in store for us but he won’t just give it to you on a silver platter. God does not need your help, but in order to reach everything he has for you, it requires your cooperation and obedience.

If you become so focused on your inadequacy, you’ll miss out on his grace- and as a result, the character development you would receive from it as well. Trust me, you don’t miss the “gems and jewels” he has in store for you.

I’m not saying it’s abnormal to experience insecurities, but don’t dwell on the lies of the enemy, and don’t allow them to saturate your mind. I had to realize that the way The Lord saw me was different from how I saw myself, because he sees you as his child, covered in the blood of Jesus and made righteous. So stop seeing yourself through an old lense if he’s already cleansed it.

Even when God first called Moses, Moses was hesitant because he couldn’t speak in front of a crowd very well, but that didn’t hinder the Lord from using him.

Exodus 4:10-14, when the Lord called Moses, it says- “Moses raised another objection to GOD: “Master, please, I don’t talk well. I’ve never been good with words, neither before nor after you spoke to me. I stutter and stammer.” GOD said, “And who do you think made the human mouth? And who makes some mute, some deaf, some sighted, some blind? Isn’t it I, GOD? So, get going. I’ll be right there with you—with your mouth! I’ll be right there to teach you what to say.”

Let this message be a reminder to you that you’re not too far gone to be used by God’s hand. Surrender your habits to him so that you can use your gifts to give him glory. Like I always say, everyone has a gift, talent, platform, and way to influence those around them. You don’t have to be perfect to be a vessel.🩵

In Isaiah 1:18 (one of my FAVORITE verses), the Lord says

“Come, let’s talk this over, says the Lord; no matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can take it out and make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you white as wool!”

No matter what you’ve done, or who you are, he just wants you to come home. He wants to take away that hurt and use it for your growth and character development, but only if you allow him to. You can’t earn his love, and we don’t deserve it. That’s the whole point! That’s what makes it grace. Nothing you could ever do would be enough to earn God’s love, and Romans 10:3-4 says that! I feel like sometimes we feel the need to be good so we can be “deserving” of his love, but that shouldn’t be. We should accept his love, and because of the way he loves us, want to be better people that convey the fruits of the spirit as a result (Galatians 5:22-23)

2. Grace is a gift.

Imagine you took the time to individually craft an amazing, heartfelt gift for a person, but they don’t receive it because they “don’t feel like they deserve it.” Wouldn’t you be upset? Think about how God feels seeing his daughters and sons struggle simply because they won’t receive his love. Let him take that weariness and trade it for joy, that anxiety for peace, that worry for hope,

Remember, God doesn’t just forgive us; He transforms us. He takes our brokenness and molds it into something beautiful. Trust in His grace, and watch Him work wonders. 🩵 

So, today, we challenge you. Unpack your suitcase and watch what God does in your life, not only in 2025, but for the rest of your life. 

WAIT WAIT WAIT DON’T LEAVE YET!!! We are SOOOOOO very excited to announce our new 2025 podcast, coming to a youtube channel near you. If you want to stay posted, follow us at @ Ariabee0709 on instagram, or my mom at @Kim Levette Williams on Facebook. Love yall! <3 

Extra scriptures for you, later, in your private time with God:

Romans 10 (just read the whole thing)

Exodus 4:10-14

Romans 8:38 

Isaiah 45:9

Isaiah 1:18

Psalms 119

2nd Corinthians 12:9-”But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”