Verse of the Day - Jeremiah 32:17

Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. ~ Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV)

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I'm constantly amazed at God's handiwork when I look at the earth and sky, aren't you? Cloud formations, stars in the night sky, the intricacies of a flower pedal. Amazed, I tell you ... simply amazed.

Nothing is too hard for Him. Do you believe that? If He can stretch out His hand and create the incredible thing we call the human body, do you think He's incapable of "lesser" things? Oh, we wouldn't say that out loud, but our faith, or lack thereof, speaks loudly that we do not fully understand the immensity of our God and His mighty hand.

Puny prayers...I heard that in a sermon some time ago. Where is our faith when our prayers are small and untesting? It's like asking Einstein to answer the equation, "2 + 2 = ?" If we seek God's intervention in matters where humanity can intervene easily, where people can excuse it away as a coincidence, how have we shown the world God's power?

But maybe we're not focused on showing the world God's power, per se. Maybe we just want help for ourselves or our loved ones. To get past that next payday, Lord, without having to borrow money. To have patience while the test results of that biopsy come in. To not have that daily argument in the home over stupid stuff...again. Are the answers to these prayers any less noteworthy in pointing people to the Almighty God of the universe?

Some people need the "wow" factor in this life. They need that "parting of the Red Sea" to wake them up to the reality of a God as a door-opening experience. But the day-to-day involvement of God in a believer's life is powerful, too, to manifest a living, loving God to this world . . . that is, if we are faithful to give Him the glory in the day-to-day. Are we giving Him the glory out loud for how He answers prayer?

We need to believe that He is capable of the big and the small, and seek Him constantly for all things. I think, too often, we either don't think to ask God for His provision -- operating on self-sufficiency -- or we think in a very small box, not opening our eyes to the grandeur of God and His abilities.

Is anything too hard for God? We say 'no' with our mouths, but our prayers, or lack of them, give away our limited faith. We need to ask God to give us HUGE faith in Him, because He is a HUGE God. If we could get our arms around this concept, it could radically alter our prayers.

Seek God for all things, big and small. And give Him the glory in all His answers to prayer, be they affirmative or not. This acknowledges His sovereignty and power both to you, and to the world. Our prayers can and should be as grand as He is. Do we just give God the "2+2", or are we giving Him the pleasure of showing us the answers to unsolvable life equations?

I hope today that you can open your eyes to the grandeur of God. Look at Him full in the face and know that He is completely capable of all things. And then lean on Him...for everything. Let yourself and the world see the greatness of our God.

Love,
Joelene