What Can God Do Through
You?
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
The
Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!
Judges
6:12, NKJV.
TODAY’S WORD
Many
people feel inadequate to do anything for God. But God doesn’t see you as
inadequate, He sees you as complete, lacking nothing in Him!
In
scripture, Gideon was hiding out from his enemies. He was afraid and didn’t
feel equipped to do what God called him to do. Gideon was focused on his
circumstances and his limitations, but God was focused on what He could do
through Gideon. Gideon felt weak, but God saw him as strong. Gideon felt
unqualified, but God saw him as ready to do the job. Gideon felt insecure, but
God saw him as full of boldness. Sure enough, when Gideon obeyed God, against
all odds, he ended in victory!
Today,
what can God do through you? It isn’t about how qualified you feel. It isn’t
about how talented you are; it’s really about how yielded you are. When you
obey God, when you trust Him beyond trusting your circumstances, that’s when
His power becomes available to you. That’s when He can work through you and
bring about greatness in every area of your life!
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father,
thank You for giving me a spirit of boldness. Thank You for giving me a spirit
of power, love and a sound mind. I yield myself to You. I yield my heart, my
mind and my whole being. Have Your way in me and lead me into Your victory in
Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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“Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord's unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise. The Lord is all I have, and so in him I put my hope.” (Lamentations 3:21-24 GNT)
Pain is a natural part of life. You can’t escape it. Broken relationships, missed opportunities, and rough seasons of life will always be with us. When they do come, you can either become bitter or hopeful.
The choice is yours.
Jeremiah faced the same choice. When his world came apart after Jerusalem was sacked in 586 B.C., the prophet wrote the book of Lamentations to share his honest frustrations with God. But he didn’t settle in his bitterness and stay there.
In Lamentations 3:21-24, after sharing his bitter feelings, he wrote, “Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord's unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise. The Lord is all I have, and so in him I put my hope” (GNT).
In the midst of a terrible situation, Jeremiah changed his perspective. It’s healthy and good for us to be honest with God about our feelings, but you have to eventually change your perspective. As long as our minds are on our pain, we won’t solve anything.
Instead, like Jeremiah, we need to recognize God’s great love for us. Jeremiah changed his perspective and recognized the enduring mercies of God. No matter what the problem, no matter how much anger you’ve spewed at God, he still loves you. It’s a constant you can depend upon — no matter what.
The longer you focus on what depresses you, the longer your depression will last. Bitterness keeps you caught in your own pain. In Lamentations 3, Jeremiah gives you a simple cure for bitterness: change how you think.
In the midst of a depressing tirade, Jeremiah says, “Yet hope returns …”
How can you have hope even in your darkest days? You remember, “The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue.”
You can count on that! His mercies are as fresh as the morning and as sure as the sunrise.
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