God has planned for us a life of freedom, a life that is rich, full, and abundant; a life that is special. He has promised us a deep peace and joy that is indescribable; also much more. God has planned this for us, and He has promised that He will do it. The question that we have is, “How do we get there?” We will get there because God is Able to do it.
Heb 7:25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. Jude 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
I can do ALL things. I can live in freedom. I can be free from addictions, from anger, from moodiness, from neediness, from depression, from low self esteem, from fear and worry…I can do it, through the God who gives me strength.
Rom 8:37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.
God loves us, He is for us, He is able, He gives us strength so that we can do all things, and we can conquer overwhelmingly. We can live in victory. Still wondering how?
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.
The key to victory is faith. We overcome by faith.
Eph 1:19 speaks of “the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.”
The word for power here is dunameoos. What does that word sound like to you? Yes, it is the word that we used to form the word dynamite. That is a good way to remember the power of God that is within us, it is a power like dynamite; explosive power that breaks up hard rocks and makes a path where there was only a barrier. We have that kind of power. That power is to us who believe.
Do you believe?
Do you believe that you have the great power of God?
Do you believe that God has promised that you can be free, that you can have a life that is rich and full, that you can have a deep peace in your soul, that you can have a joy that is beyond description that does not depend on your circumstances? Do you believe that God does what He says He will do?
Recently, our television died. We knew it was coming, it was having problems. We can live without TV, but because we show a DVD at Bible study on Monday nights at our house, we need to have a TV that works. So, on Tuesday, I bought a TV and brought it home. Les looked at the instruction booklet and was frustrated. I called the satellite co. I was frustrated. We decided that the new TV would not work with the old satellite box. I decided to upgrade our satellite service so it would work with the new TV, but that would not happen for a week. We gave up and watched “Dancing with the Stars” on the tiny old TV in the guest room.
Wednesday, I decided that I would at least hook the TV up to the DVD player. When the TV turned on, I saw a button on the screen that said “TV”, which I had not seen before. I hooked the cables up and punched that button, and IT WORKED. Really, Tuesday night we had everything we needed to make the TV work. We just decided that we did not have everything we needed and we gave up. We had this big nice TV sitting in the living room not hooked up because we did not believe we had what we needed to make it work. So often, that is what we do in many areas. We decide that we don’t have what we need to make changes. We think, I don’t have the patience, the strength, the power, the endurance, the diligence…I don’t have what it takes. Then, we just give up. Nothing is going to happen until we realize that WE DO have everything we need.
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