LET GOD EMPOWER YOUR PURPOSE
“I have learned the secret of living in every situation,
DAILY DEVOTIONS:
LET GOD EMPOWER YOUR PURPOSE
“I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with afull ston1ach or empty, ivithplenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.”
PHILIPPIANS 4:12-13 (NLT)
You need more than positive thinking to live a life of faith. You need the power of God. The Apostle Paul says it like this: “I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a.full stomach or empty, with plentzJ or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength”
(PHILIPPIANS 4:12-13 NLT). PHILIPPIANS 4:12-13 (NLT)
ln other words> you can do anything-with God’s hell).
A man came to Jesus and asked him to heal his son. He said, “If you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” .Jesus said, “1f you can’? Everything is possible for him who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:22-24 NIV). That’s one of my favorite prayers in the Bible. It’s so honest! And that’s what God wants from you in prayer-honesty. If you pray that prayer, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief,” God will answer. He wants you to be slrong in your faith. He wants you to overcome your unbelief.
Faith means we believe that Jesus can do whal we ask, and that ,vi.th his help, we can do ·what he asks us to do too.
Have you been ttying to live life on your own power? If so, I guarantee you’re getting nowhere-at least on the things that really matter in life. You can read all the motivational books in the world and still never make any progress
tm,vard your dreams. You need the supernatural help of God lo live a life of faith.
Surrendering your life to Jesus is the safest decision you’ll ever make. It will teach you to trust God, and it will slretch your faith as you see that indeed you “can do everything through Christ,” who gives you strength.
“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” ROMANS 10:17 (NKJV)
A gardener can plant the same kind of seed in three different locations and get three different results. In one spot, she1l get giant tomatoes. In another, she’ll get small tomatoes. And in a third, she’ll get nothing. vVhat’s the difference? It’s not the seed, it’s the soil. The soil must be prepared for the seed.
The same is true when you hear God’s Word. It’s why you can take hvo people to church, sit them side-by-side, and one will walk out thinking God really spoke to him, while the other won’t get anything out of the service. The heart of one person was prepared; the other’s heaii wasn’t.
