BBD 01.03.11 Do What You Can Do

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01.03.11

Do What You Can Do

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13.

And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of
Jerusalem are my strength in the LORD of hosts, their God.' - Zechariah
12:5.

(CEV translates Zechariah 12:5 as: Then every clan in Judah will realize
that I, the LORD All-Powerful, am their God, and that I am the source of
their strength.)

Xu Yuehua lost her legs in an accident when she was 12-years-old, while
gathering coal on a railway - a train hit her. After both of her parents
died, she was placed in an orphanage, where she learned how to walk by
herself using two stools, and she still uses that method to move around. Xu
is 55-years-old now, and has cared for 130 orphans during the years since
teaching herself to walk on stools. One child, Sheng Li, believes Xu saved
her life and says "Without Big Mum (Xu), I would have died long ago. Her
stool walking was the most beautiful sound to me then." Xu says, "I am
actually not a great person, but do what I have to do - to bring these poor
kids a mother's love." (Rational Review News Digest - the freedom movement's
daily newspaper)

What is it that you can do for the Kingdom of God in 2011? As human beings,
we are capable of great things, greater things than any of God's other
creations upon this earth. It is amazing what Xu Yuehua has accomplished
with her life even though she has no legs! We do not know whether she knows
the Lord as her Savior or not, but surely God is pleased with the life of Xu
Yuehua. Let us pray that she comes to know Jesus Christ as her personal
Savior if she is not already a Christian.

Natalie Grant has a song that she sings called, "Human." She sings that we
are called to be "Human." Yes, we are called to be human; however, as
children of God we can be so much more. We should do all that we can do,
plus all that God would have us to do. When we add God into the doing
equation, the result will be exponentially more than what we can do only
with our human abilities (Philippians 4:13).

There is a poster I once saw that said, "If it is to be, it is up to me." In
a way, this is true. Jesus is knocking at the door of our heart (Revelation
3:20), but we must open the door. God calls (Matthew 4:19), but we must
follow. God speaks (1 Kings 19:12), but we must listen. If we only have
faith the size of a tiny mustard seed (Matthew 17:20), we can move
mountains. First, however, we must make the decision in our hearts to use
that faith. William Carey, the father of modern missions, and missionary to
India, had this motto: "Expect great things from God; attempt great things
for God." Carey went beyond thinking about doing things, to actually trying
to do things for the Kingdom of God.

You may feel like you have few abilities that God can use. You may think
that you do not have the education, or training that is necessary to do
anything for God. You may feel as though you are too old, or too young, or
too sick, or too handicapped, or ________, to do anything for God. If that
is what you think, you are wrong! Do what you can do, add God into the
equation, and the possibilities are limitless!

This year, let us make the commitment to go beyond just thinking about doing
great things for God, to actually attempting great things for God.

Copyright © 2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals
in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

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Posted by: edwrather <edwrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries.
Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more
than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is
made up of more than 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive
prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails the Burning Bush
Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to
bbinspire-join@welovegod.org

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at
http://www.theburningbush.net.

The Burning Bush Devotional
There were 4010 new subscribers during 2010!!

01.03.11

Do What You Can Do

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13.

And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of
Jerusalem are my strength in the LORD of hosts, their God.' - Zechariah
12:5.

(CEV translates Zechariah 12:5 as: Then every clan in Judah will realize
that I, the LORD All-Powerful, am their God, and that I am the source of
their strength.)

Xu Yuehua lost her legs in an accident when she was 12-years-old, while
gathering coal on a railway - a train hit her. After both of her parents
died, she was placed in an orphanage, where she learned how to walk by
herself using two stools, and she still uses that method to move around. Xu
is 55-years-old now, and has cared for 130 orphans during the years since
teaching herself to walk on stools. One child, Sheng Li, believes Xu saved
her life and says "Without Big Mum (Xu), I would have died long ago. Her
stool walking was the most beautiful sound to me then." Xu says, "I am
actually not a great person, but do what I have to do - to bring these poor
kids a mother's love." (Rational Review News Digest - the freedom movement's
daily newspaper)

What is it that you can do for the Kingdom of God in 2011? As human beings,
we are capable of great things, greater things than any of God's other
creations upon this earth. It is amazing what Xu Yuehua has accomplished
with her life even though she has no legs! We do not know whether she knows
the Lord as her Savior or not, but surely God is pleased with the life of Xu
Yuehua. Let us pray that she comes to know Jesus Christ as her personal
Savior if she is not already a Christian.

Natalie Grant has a song that she sings called, "Human." She sings that we
are called to be "Human." Yes, we are called to be human; however, as
children of God we can be so much more. We should do all that we can do,
plus all that God would have us to do. When we add God into the doing
equation, the result will be exponentially more than what we can do only
with our human abilities (Philippians 4:13).

There is a poster I once saw that said, "If it is to be, it is up to me." In
a way, this is true. Jesus is knocking at the door of our heart (Revelation
3:20), but we must open the door. God calls (Matthew 4:19), but we must
follow. God speaks (1 Kings 19:12), but we must listen. If we only have
faith the size of a tiny mustard seed (Matthew 17:20), we can move
mountains. First, however, we must make the decision in our hearts to use
that faith. William Carey, the father of modern missions, and missionary to
India, had this motto: "Expect great things from God; attempt great things
for God." Carey went beyond thinking about doing things, to actually trying
to do things for the Kingdom of God.

You may feel like you have few abilities that God can use. You may think
that you do not have the education, or training that is necessary to do
anything for God. You may feel as though you are too old, or too young, or
too sick, or too handicapped, or ________, to do anything for God. If that
is what you think, you are wrong! Do what you can do, add God into the
equation, and the possibilities are limitless!

This year, let us make the commitment to go beyond just thinking about doing
great things for God, to actually attempting great things for God.

Copyright © 2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals
in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.