Work Day Devotions That Work
Power To Us
Matthew 9: 8: But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Not many are astounded when an NFL defensive lineman sacks the quarterback. Impressed, but not astounded. It is explained as a matter of play and expertise and passion and execution. Everyone is aware that on the next play the same lineman could be on the ground writhing in pain from a twisted knee or pounded shoulder.
Not many are astounded when a business takes off making large profits. Number crunchers and marketers can explain. Passion, play, expertise and execution again explain the situation. It is not a phenomenon, but a plotted course of action and results.
Then there are moments when God steps up, steps in, and does something none of us can explain. Then we become astounded. Well, some do. Others begin to explain the interplay of passion, play, expertise and execution. Others start to find ways to explain away the intervention of God and take credit to men. We fear what we do not understand. Explanations give us a way to rationalize away fear instead of facing what is bigger than us.
Society has become overly desensitized. Science seems to have all the answers. Media portrays scientific investigation as an all powerful means coupled with mental acuity to solve any dilemma on our crime shows. Aberrant social thinking and action of deviants is equalized with the crime solvers as a yin and yang balance. Powerful images bombard our psyche until we can’t see the difference between normal and abnormal. Our fear of the unknown is assuaged by scientific explanation and hope in something we can touch and see and feel.
Take time to experience some wonder this Christmas season. Look at some beauty and thank God for the experience. Be amazed that He entrusted men with such abilities. Be awed with a light display. It can be fearful to admit we do not know. It is frightening to not understand. But, when we face our fear and admit our powerlessness and lack of understanding, a world of wonder is opened to enjoy. Thank God, He exposed an distributes such power to men and women that it cannot be explained.
You might find yourself catching a moment that is unexplainable other than the fact that He just stepped into your life for a moment and performed a special act.
ACT! Where is that moment? Give God a chance to reverse a medical issue through prayer that seems intractable by science. Let God find a job for a friend instead of the job search agency. Face a fear and allow God to intervene.
PRAY! Father, it is comforting to be afraid. My fears only open doors of opportunity for You to intervene. Why should I be afraid if You are on my side? Why would I ever stop at fear? Fear only opens the door for You to step in and amaze me. Build confident trust in me and in Evotion. Let us look into the eyes of the unexplainable and say, “Fear, I see you. I face you. I allow God to deal with you. I will be amazed that God gives such power into the lives of men and women.”
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