“But he answered them, ‘You give them something to eat.’ And they said to him, ‘Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?’ And he said to them, ‘How many loaves do you have? Go and see.’ And when they had found out, they said, ‘Five, and two fish.’”
—Mark 6:37-38
Have you ever faced an impossible situation? Maybe your home is breaking apart. Everything that you've done has failed. You've tried all the counseling. You've cried and prayed, but it seems there's no way out.
Perhaps, you have a child that has rebelled. You raised that child to love God, but they’ve made choices that have consequences. You're facing problems with your children and you don't know where to turn or what to do.
Perhaps, there’s something financially. You're looking for a job. So many people are out of work and you've turned every corner, and you've dotted every 'i' and crossed every 't', you've worked every angle, and yet, every door seems shut.
Jesus knew exactly what He was going to do all along, just as He knows exactly what He's going to do in your life and in your situation. There's no panic in heaven, only plans. Not one time does God ever walk around heaven wringing His hands, worrying about what He's going to do next. When God guides, He provides.
So if you're facing an impossible situation, we need to make sure that by faith we believe what God wants us to do and then do it.
THE HIGHEST OBSTACLE IS OVERCOME WITH THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF FAITH WHEN THAT FAITH IS IN JESUS CHRIST.
Monday, March 18, 2019
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
Colossians 3:1–3
The moment a person places his faith in Christ as his Saviour, he is completely justified. He is saved for certain and forever, given new life through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. That is already settled forever. Yet many Christians struggle with overcoming sin on a daily basis, because they do not understand how to apply the overcoming power of the risen Lord to their daily lives. If we recognize that we are truly in Him, we will have new appetites and affections.
R. A. Torrey said, “When Jesus died, He died as my representative, and I died in Him; when He arose, He rose as my representative, and I arose in Him; when He ascended up on high and took His place at the right hand of the Father in the glory, He ascended as my representative and I ascended in Him, and today I am seated in Christ with God in the heavenlies. I look at the cross of Christ, and I know that atonement has been made for my sins; I look at the open sepulcher and the risen and ascended Lord, and I know the atonement has been accepted. There no longer remains a single sin on me, no matter how many or how great my sins may have been.”
There is no power that can overcome the power of God. That means that when we live in the power, in the freedom of redemption and the hope of Heaven, we will not be defeated by the enemy. It is only when we, like Samson after his hair was cut, go out in our own strength that we fail.
Today's Growth Principle:
Christ gives His children new life, not just for eternity but for this present world as well.
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