Ephesians 3:7-8

Of this [Gospel] I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s free grace (undeserved favor) which was bestowed on me by the exercise (the working in all its effectiveness) of His power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints (God’s consecrated people), this grace (favor, privilege) was granted and graciously entrusted: to proclaim to the Gentiles the unending (boundless, fathomless, incalculable, and exhaustless) riches of Christ [wealth which no human being could have searched out], Ephesians 3:7-8

Once again we are shown that it is our Father’s power that causes us to be who and what we are. Paul was chosen, before he was ever born, to preach to the Gentiles. It was our Father’s Grace that enabled and allowed Paul to have the knowledge, power, desire, and ability to do what he was chosen to do. The exact same Truth applies to us. We can do nothing without Christ, which is the power of our Father working through us.

I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. John 15:5

Again, Paul was a terrible person and yet our Father chose him to be an Apostle. Paul was not seeking out the Truth of Christ and yet it was revealed to him because it was our Father’s will, not Paul’s. We are all chosen vessels. We were all known before we ever were. All of our days were written down before they ever took shape. Our Father has been in control of us before He ever said let there be light. 

Our Father has given us a wealth that we could never achieve or even dream of on our own. The power of Christ is unending, that means that Grace is never ending, Love is never ending, and thus our salvation is never ending. Grace will always outshine sin. The Light will always drive out the darkness. We cannot exhaust our Father’s mercy. None of what our Father has for us is dependent on our abilities, they are only dependent on His. Our Father does not react to us, we respond to Him. 

For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. 1 John 5:4

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency]. Philippians 4:13

Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) to you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement), Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God. 2 Corinthians 1:2-4