It's All On You
It’s All On You
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
Jeremiah 33:3
Have you ever felt the weight of a situation so strongly that you weren’t even sure if you could stand under it? Whether it be a trial you’re in, a temptation that won’t go away, or a storm that just came up all the sudden. Any of these things can seem so big and unbearable. Then we feel like it is all on us to fix it, get out of it, or overcome it. Then we start to try to think of what the Bible says, hoping that God will give us the strength to survive it and even thrive through it. We say things like, “God promised to never give me more than I can handle”, and while the words are in the Word, it is not the context of the passage it comes from. That passage does say that when we are tempted, it will never be more temptation then we can handle, and that God will always give us an escape from the temptation, but a situation isn’t always a temptation and the valley or storm may just be starting. So, how do we find the strength to get through? Why hasn’t God moved the mountain I wanted Him to move, when I trusted He would? Why do I feel all this weight on me? Faith is a funny thing. Not ha ha funny, but an ironic humor maybe. You see, too often I say a trust God in something, I even pray and say “God, I need you to handle this!”. Then I do what I am sure MANY of us do. I reach down at the altar of prayer and pick up the problem as I continue to try to carry the weight. I know God can in my mind, yet I haven’t let my identity or flesh come around. Mostly because I have not died to them. I seem to love to limit The Limitless God simply because I don’t really have faith. You remember the altar where I asked for help, well if I didn’t die there the problem didn’t lie there. I am supposed to be a living sacrifice. This means that when I hit that altar and ask the ALL POWERFUL God to do what only He can, I don’t do anything until He moves through me. I know what you’re thinking, “well how do I do that?” I guess you will just have to ask, die, and lie there until He shows you great and mighty things that don’t make sense to you.
Pastor Larry Hof
Here is a song for today.
https://youtu.be/0aCFAcV_2LE
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
Jeremiah 33:3
Have you ever felt the weight of a situation so strongly that you weren’t even sure if you could stand under it? Whether it be a trial you’re in, a temptation that won’t go away, or a storm that just came up all the sudden. Any of these things can seem so big and unbearable. Then we feel like it is all on us to fix it, get out of it, or overcome it. Then we start to try to think of what the Bible says, hoping that God will give us the strength to survive it and even thrive through it. We say things like, “God promised to never give me more than I can handle”, and while the words are in the Word, it is not the context of the passage it comes from. That passage does say that when we are tempted, it will never be more temptation then we can handle, and that God will always give us an escape from the temptation, but a situation isn’t always a temptation and the valley or storm may just be starting. So, how do we find the strength to get through? Why hasn’t God moved the mountain I wanted Him to move, when I trusted He would? Why do I feel all this weight on me? Faith is a funny thing. Not ha ha funny, but an ironic humor maybe. You see, too often I say a trust God in something, I even pray and say “God, I need you to handle this!”. Then I do what I am sure MANY of us do. I reach down at the altar of prayer and pick up the problem as I continue to try to carry the weight. I know God can in my mind, yet I haven’t let my identity or flesh come around. Mostly because I have not died to them. I seem to love to limit The Limitless God simply because I don’t really have faith. You remember the altar where I asked for help, well if I didn’t die there the problem didn’t lie there. I am supposed to be a living sacrifice. This means that when I hit that altar and ask the ALL POWERFUL God to do what only He can, I don’t do anything until He moves through me. I know what you’re thinking, “well how do I do that?” I guess you will just have to ask, die, and lie there until He shows you great and mighty things that don’t make sense to you.
Pastor Larry Hof
Here is a song for today.
https://youtu.be/0aCFAcV_2LE
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