BBD 04.04.17 The Power is Given (Classic)
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Classic from 2010
Burning Bush Devotional
04 April 2017
The
Power is Given
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of
a sound mind. - 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV.
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our
Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and
godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by
which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that
through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust. - 2 Peter 1:2-4 NKJV.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13 NKJV.
Nick Harris was taking his own eight-year-old daughter to school when he saw
something that every parent fears. What Nick saw was a car backing out of a
drive way and right over a six-year-old girl. The girl was trapped underneath
the tire of the large Mercury car, but that did not stop Harris from trying to
lift the car off of her. Harris is 32-years-old, five-foot-seven weighing 185
pounds, and he does not know how he did it, but he was able to lift the car off
of the little girl. Since then Harris has tried to lift other cars, but has
been unable to do it again. He says about the rescue of Ashlyn that it was
because, “…somehow, adrenaline, hand of God, whatever
you want to call it, I don't know how I did it.” Ashlyn, the little girl who was trapped is going to be
okay.
Through Jesus, everything has been given to us; all the power necessary to live
life to the ultimate degree is available. Sometimes we see the exercise of the
power of God in very obvious ways as with Nick Harris doing the impossible in
lifting the car to save the little girl. However, I would submit to you that
the power of God is at work in the lives of countless people across this earth
every minute of every day. When the world says that you should give up on your
marriage, but you pray and trust God to give you strength to continue on, is
that not an even greater exercise of God's power? When you learn you have
cancer or some other disease, and instead of giving up you pray asking for
strength, and you continue on with life as long as you have breath that surely
is a great demonstration of the power of God at work in your life. When you are
financially destitute one step from living on the streets, but you continue to
trust God and pray for Him to provide no matter what may happen - the power of
God is being released in your life with each step forward that you take.
No doubt, there will be challenges ahead for all of us. Whatever shape the
challenge may take whether financial, health, relationship, emotional,
parenting, educational, addiction - whatever it is; God can give you the power
to meet the challenge. The challenges of life can at times be frightening.
Remember that the fear does not come from God, because He gives us instead:
power, love, and a sound mind. Whatever is ahead, you and the Lord will be able
to go through those challenges because, “His
divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness….”
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