For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
--Psalm 18:28
You know, it’s fascinating to me how popular the search for truth is in our culture today. Have you ever thought about it? Everyone – including every celebrity, it seems – is on some kind of journey to find truth.
But there are really only two kinds of seekers of truth: those who don’t know and want to find the truth… and those who don’t know and really don’t want to find the truth.
Which kind of seeker are you? Do you really want to know the truth?
If you have a genuine desire to find God… to follow Him… and really know who He is… God will show Himself to you. If you respond to even the tiniest pin-prick of light you have, God will reveal more light when you genuinely want to know the truth.
I truly believe, according to the Scripture, that if a person really wants to know God… genuinely wants to know Jesus… God will move heaven and earth if necessary to bring that person to the knowledge of Him.
If you will sincerely and honestly look for the light, God says you will discover it. It’s that simple.
So today, if you’re looking for a light in the midst of your darkness, what is your response to the light of Jesus Christ? Because I can assure you, that once you’ve found Jesus, your search for truth is complete.
MAKE A COMMITMENT TO YOURSELF TODAY TO TRULY SEEK A GREATER KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:”
Ephesians 1:19–21
The power station with the most generating capacity on earth is at the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China. At full capacity, the thirty-two turbines that make up the power plant can produce over 22,000 megawatts of electricity. Each of these massive generators weighs more than 12,000,000 pounds. In 2015 the electricity production from Three Gorges was more than twenty times that of the Hoover Dam in America. In recent years, the power station has operated at less than full capacity because there simply isn’t demand for the additional electricity that could be produced.
God’s available supply of power is unlimited. In fact it is beyond our capacity to even imagine how vast it is. Ephesians 3:20 tells us, “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” There is never any challenge, burden, or obstacle we face that would require God to exert Himself to solve. With mere words, God created the world. He does not need extra effort to solve our problems.
Yet as we serve the Lord, we all come to points when we find ourselves struggling to face the pressures in front of us or to experience His power through us. When we come to these times, we must remember that God is not limited in power; there is never a power failure with Him. We need to claim His promises and tap into the resources available to us. We are not helpless bystanders to the events around us. We are meant to be gospel witnesses, but we can only do that in God’s power.
Today's Growth Principle:
No Christian needs to ever live a powerless and defeated life.
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