OUR GREAT AND MIGHTY GOD
Text: Jeremiah 32:17-19
17 Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name,
19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
A few Sundays ago, a preacher friend of mine preached a message on “Being Identified and Set Apart for God”. I was doing some reflection on that message and came across this passage of scripture. There should never be a question from those who are watching our lives as to who we serve and who is in control. Please note carefully the Word of God in our text, (Verse 17) says HE made the heaven and the earth by HIS great power and outstretched arm and NOTHING is too hard for HIM! Hallelujah! What a mighty God we serve! If it ever truly becomes a reality in the depths of our soul how BIG GOD IS and who HE IS, it will forever change the way we live and think.
Our surroundings are never to alter the beauty of the Lord in our lives but rather to enhance it. Our spiritual view becomes confined, and our vision of what God wants to do in and through us is often restricted by our lack of faith and limited spiritual growth. HE wants to increase the dimensions of our Christian walk, widen our outreach, change our perspective, and strengthen our witness. How often do we reduce who God is because we have made our situation bigger than it really is? Our circumstances should never dictate God’s position, resources or power. HE is limitless and able to save, deliver, empower, sustain, rescue, love, forgive, redeem, heal, strengthen, guide, re-direct, create anew and when necessary, even raise us up from the cold and dead places in our lives!
Many times we try and squeeze the God of the universe to fit within our small finite view of life. We want God to confine Himself within our way of thinking and our framework of understanding. We make HIM (OUR BACK-UP) plan to OUR opinions and plans. HE is NOT a back-up plan or a just in case, HE IS in complete control of ALL THINGS! God’s plans are never what we would expect them to be. They are far more costly, more reaching, more demanding and yet all the more wonderful than we could ever begin to imagine. It’s my desire today that every situation and trial you may be facing will become so small in the light of Our Great and Mighty God! Dear Christian friend, let me remind you once again…give your burdens to Jesus. Nothing is too hard for HIM!
Bro. Lawrence Longworth
Isaiah 61:1 “the opening of the prison to them that are bound;”
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