The Word of God is Alive and Powerful

In review of Psalm 107:20 it says, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions”

Bottom Line:

He spoke, and they were healed, saved from the destruction.

What this means to me:

It was by the power of his word that healing comes. He delivers from destruction.

Overall, Psalm 105 tells me to give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. It asks me, has the Lord redeemed you? If so, then I should speak out and tell others how he has redeemed me. For He sent out his word and healed, delivering me from destruction. Therefore I should praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for me.

Today’s verses and reading from Psalm 105 remind me that the Word of God is alive and very powerful. It brings peace in the midst of a storm, joy in the midnight hour. The Word gives me the divine inspiration and power to sing “Victory in Jesus” when defeat seems imminent. The victory is mine in the name of Jesus!

When I meet God’s conditions, a miracle is what happens. Much like when I fill a tray with water and place it in my freezer, it turns to ice. I don’t have to pray that God turns it into ice; ice is the only thing that can happen if I leave it there long enough. That is a physical law.

I’m learning that there is a spiritual law that is just as real. When I meet God’s conditions, his miracle is what happens. God will not fail me. He knows me better than myself and will give me what I need (not necessarily what I want.) I just need to sit back and wait. His work will appear at the right time.

There Is Nothing Too Big for God

In review of Ephesians 3:20 it says, “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think”

Bottom Line:

God working within you, can do even more than you could ever think to ask or dream of.

What this means to me:

Now all glory should be given to him, who is able through his power at work within me, to do far more than I could ever dare to ask or even dream of.

Today's passage comes from a section in Ephesians Chapter 3 in which Paul is praying for our Spiritual Growth. Paul asks God from his glorious and unlimited resources to empower us with inner strength through his Spirit. He also asks that Christ make his home in our hearts as we trust in him. Our roots can grow down into God's love and keep us strong. Paul’s desire is for us to really experience and know how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is for us. It is through God's mighty power at work within us, that we are able to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think of.

So God is a competent Father. He can handle any problem I can give him. Nothing is beyond his ability or his resources. More importantly, no request is too big or too small.

Often I don’t think to bring small problems to God, I tend to only bring the big ones, thinking I don’t want to bother him with the small stuff.  However, in reality, is there any problem small or large that God would actually consider big?  It’s all small to him.

And what I have learned and experienced is that nothing is beyond his ability. He is a competent Father.

This is important to grasp.  It seems we have an epidemic in our nation of incompetent fathers. Most dads on TV are doofuses. There’s no “Father Knows Best.” Instead, we have “Family Guy” and Homer Simpson. Today’s dad is the butt of the joke, and everybody else is in on the joke except dad. Unfortunately that’s the kind of father that society is promoting today.

Nothing is impossible with God. My heavenly Father really can do anything. Ephesians 3:20 says, “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think” (NLT).

It doesn’t matter how much I dream, God can still top it and dream bigger than me.  So yesterday’s impossibilities are today’s miracles. God specializes in the impossible! He is a competent Father.