Jeremiah 32:17
The very power of God
was on display when this earth was formed and light was spoken into existence…
It was the very power and authority of God that allowed man to be formed from
the dust of the ground then to be destroyed by water… The power of God is unstoppable
and as a child of God we can draw strength in recognizing His power… This is
the message that we must receive through the words of this verse today; the same power of God that formed the earth is
the same power of God that can form and mold you… You can be better than your former, you can
overcome your past mistakes and you can accomplish more than people think you
can… Jeremiah pens this during great oppression in the lives of the Israelites,
captivity, hardship and trials seem to be hovering over the children of God;
however, instead of giving up in defeat and or becoming content, Jeremiah begin
to refocus His attention on the abilities of God instead of the storm being
endured right now… This message is very important for us to understand today, when
we face trials and obstacle the biggest mistake we make is not giving up, it’s
trying to take on the problem within our own abilities… This is not to say that
giving up is okay, this simply makes the point that giving up is a result of
trying to accomplish something that you are not strong enough to do… This is
why Jeremiah focuses on the power of God in this verse and doesn’t focus on the
power of the Israelites… The enemy will always win when battling you when you
go into battle under your own abilities… He will win because your own abilities
can accomplish nothing on this earth; in the bible, I challenge to name a
single man who was able to do anything with the power and authority that only
comes from God… Moses was a stuttering outcast that defied the odds walking in
the power of God; Job was stripped of everything only to receive double since
he maintained is intimate relationship with the Lord and Saul was able to
overcome the naysayers to write most of the New Testament… God’s abilities
cannot be categorized as He is able to do the undoable and comprehend the
unthinkable… Today, know that God can do anything but fail and apply this to
your life knowing that you will be victorious over whatever comes your way, not
because you are strong physically, but because you relationship with God cannot
be severed… As Peter told us in his book, let us learn to cast all our cares
upon the Lord for he cares for you… Go to God in prayer for that is the most powerful weapon that
you have… Despite the way things may appear to be or even how much you may feel
like giving up, know today that there is nothing too
hard for God… There are situations
in our lives that we may not understand; there are things that we may endure in
this life that we may never know the answer pertaining to why we had to go
through them in the first place… Whatever the case and whatever the
circumstance, we are reminded today two very critical points that a child of
God must hold on to and adhere to… One is the fact that the Lord is all powerful;
the second is that in realizing that He is all powerful we can come to the
conclusion that there is nothing to hard for Him… God can transform the darkest
situation and reach the furthest lost and confused soul… The message a gather
from today’s devotional is how much faith and belief we have in God… There are
so many of us that doubt the Lord, we pray to Him about situations; however, we
never leave the situations for Him to handle… This happens all too often in our
daily lives and as a result we never know the truth of this passage… In reading
this passage, Jeremiah pens this verse trying to drive home the point of
maintaining our focus on what God has promised to do instead of being misled by
what Satan threatens to do… There are a lot of us that fall into this
category, we have received a threat from Satan; however, instead of going to
God we were captivated by fear…. The bible tells us in 2 Kings about a threat
received by Hezekiah from a powerful adversary; it is in this passage that
Hezekiah doesn’t give into the threat, but rather turns to his father, the word
says, “Hezekiah received the letter from the
messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it
out before the LORD.” Hezekiah acknowledges the
threat; however, He did not allow the threat to turn Him from drawing from the
source of His strength… You can overcome, you can go higher and you can do
more; just stay the course and walking in the will of God… Jeremiah comes to a realization today that
many of us should know too… The realization is that there is nothing to hard
for God! Jeremiah was known as the weeping prophet because of the tears that
flowed from his concern about God’s people, he was known as the bearer of bad
news and every time he opened his mouth, sadness filled the land! There is a
lot of sadness upon the earth today, a lot of people crying out for help in
these desperate and trying times… Although things look dire and condemned,
Jeremiah reminds us to remember who God is and what he has already done! Thou
has made the heavens and the earth… With mire words, God spoke this world into
existence, with a touch upon the dust he created man and with a gentle breeze
breathe was instilled in us. God has the power to transform anything with a
word, touch or breeze… Understand that the same God that created everything
around you is the same God that can pick you up when you’re down and sustain
you when you feel all hope is gone! There is nothing to hard for thee; Jeremiah
is saying turn to God and know that he has the ability, power and might to do
anything that he wants too… “Stand still and know that I am God!” “Is there
anything too hard for me…” “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their
strength…”
BE BLESSED!!!
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