Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

I am utterly amazed at how God’s grace is received by others through the course of our gathering together in fellowship. Whenever I receive grace at the words of another, I acknowledge God in them and the grace shown. We all need to be encouraged that God is working in us even if we do not see it ourselves. It might even be more important to hear when we ourselves do not see it.

Our weaknesses do not stop God from being God. We belong to Him. He is our Lord. He needs neither our permission nor acknowledgement to us our bodies which are His to do with as He pleases. He does just that. Speak a blessing to those who have shown grace to you. They might not know that God is using them if you withhold your experience from them.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Paul’s use of the term “even as also ye do” is an encouragement to continue in doing that work of edification, to build up the body of Christ. Edification should not be a “one and done” effort. It is an ongoing work. Grace for grace is a continual outpouring, an endless stream of living water, that fountain of life.