Daily Bread_March 26, 2013

Title:  God Can Do What We Think Is Impossible

Text:

Psalm 8:1-2 (ESV)
¹ O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
² Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

Observation:

Have you ever been in a situation where you were overwhelmed by the difficulty or the complexity of the problems you were facing?

I recall many years ago teaching a series on prayer, and the author of the material I was using made a statement similar to this. "Problems are God's raw material for miracles".

If God can use babies and infants to reveal His almighty power, then surely He can use people like you and me.

In this Holy Week I find a connection to this topic and text as Jesus went about the conclusion of His earthly ministry. It was in Bethany that Jesus spoke these words that should give us great courage, hope, and help in these difficult and trying times. Notice that in Matthew 21:16 He quoted Psalm 8:2; then He said this.

Matthew 21:21-22 (ESV)
²¹ And Jesus answered them, "Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.
²² And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith."

Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I praise and thank you that you are able to use weak and insignificant people to demonstrate your great strength to a watching world.

Father God, help me to remember this truth about you. When I face a problem disguised as insoluble that this is God's raw material for a miracle.

Father, help me to remember to keep my focus on the size of my God, and not on the size of my problems. When storms arise in your life, take them to the Lord in prayer. Have faith in God.

Glory to God! With all that is within me, I shout, "Praise the Lord". Amen.

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Acts 6:4 (KJV)
⁴ But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

 

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