What does the world need today?

Ever just got so full of Jesus that you want to practically burst at the seams?

The Apostle Paul reads like that is the case when he tells the church in Corinth this: "The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you."

Let's explore that portion of the greeting that should just flat out give us chill bumps:

Paul talks about amazing grace.

Paul talks about the extravagant love of God.

Paul talks about having an intimate friendship with the Holy Spirit.

Let's see: Paul got the behebuss knocked out of him on several occasions. 

This is his resume just two chapters earlier that the above:  "I am talking like a madman—I am a better one: with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless floggings, and often near death. Five times I have received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked; for a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers and sisters; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and naked. And, besides other things, I am under daily pressure because of my anxiety for all the churches."

And he says he has an intimate friendship with the Holy Spirit.

Now some would say that friendship with the greatest power in the universe would keep you from having the behebuss beaten out of you. But Paul knows that all the above difficulty is simply a necessary way to help pass the Gospel to others.

The question is, do we get that?

It ain't easy, this Christian life. It's just not.

But we have access to the amazing grace of Jesus, the extravagant love of God and intimate friendship with the Holy Spirit.

That being the case, if God is for us, what or who can be against us?

Seriously. What or who can be against us?

So, today, get up and get going with the Gospel as your cane, your plan and your path.