Title: Do You Know the Reason Why You Can't?
Text:
Ephesians 1:19-20 (NLT)
19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power
20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly realms.
Observation:
Where did we ever get the idea or notion that we could do the work of God in our own strength? If you have tried, you know by experience that it is not possible.
However, there is goodnews: we don't have to do the work of God in our strength alone. The answer to the source of our strength is found in the Apostle Paul's prayer that is our focal passage for today.
Here are some other scriptures that illustrate this truth.
Genesis 41:16 (ESV)
16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."
I remember hearing a preacher say words similar to this, "I can't but God can, He never said that I could. But, He always said that He would". O, that we would learn to trust in the Lord with our whole heart, and serve the Lord relying upon the power of God.
2 Corinthians 3:5 (ESV)
5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,
Acts 3:12 (ESV)
12 And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?
If God assigns you to it, He will give you the power to accomplish it if you will look to Him, and trust in Him to do it.
Philippians 1:6 (ESV)
6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Let God's Word be true, and pray for the skeptics and the doubters to have their blinded eyes opened to the truth of God's Word.
1 Corinthians 2:14 (ESV)
14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
Prayer:
Father, hallowed be Your name. Father, I pray that you would hasten the day when an increasing number of your people would know the power of God, and would rely upon Your strength to do the work of the Kingdom. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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