I am what I am

"But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." - 1Cor 15:10

Paul says here that what he was, he was by God's grace.

Writting about his labours, he does not point to some force our power of his own, but [i]the grace of God[/i] he says, [i]which was with me[/i]. Neither does he boast of some abilty of his own to make better use of this grace but says

[i]...yet not I[/i]

[i]...but the grace of God which was with me[/i]

"by the grace of God I am what I am"

Amen. That's God's Word. can't beat that. By his Grace we are what we are where we are.