Have you ever stopped to think about just how mighty ourGod is? By His might He created the entire universe. He created the heavens and the earth. He created mankind and all the animals. Through His might He overcame sin on our behalf and made a way for us to have eternal life. By His might we have been afforded victory over sin! The triumph of Who He is and Who I am as a result fills my heart with joy and peace. In my own life, He has moved many mountains…He has overcome the enemy…and He longs to overflow my heart with the fullness of all that He is! Thank You, Lord Jesus!
Philippians 3:7-11 NASB 7 But whatever things were gain to me, these things I have counted as loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them [mere] rubbish, so that I may gain Christ, 9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from [the] Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which [comes] from God on the basis of faith, 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; 11 if somehow I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Did you know that for every way in which God revealed Himself in the Old Testament that Jesus was revealed in the same way in the New Testament? One day as I dwelt on this truth, my heart began to rejoice and I could not stop praising Him! Think of it! My God is the MOST Mighty! My God is the MOST Loving! My God is the MOST Holy! My God is the MOST Righteous! My God is the WORTHY of all my praise…and then some!
Revelation 12:11 says that they overcame the enemy by the Word of their testimony…by the blood of the Lamb…and that they didn’t love their own lives–even to the point of death! But you see, in reality, our personal testimonies are really testimonies of the MIGHT of our God…the Lamb Whose blood was shed for us…the Sacrificial Lamb Who laid down His life for us! That should keep us rejoicing all our days! Bless the Lord!
Psalm 24:7-10 NASB20
7 Lift up your heads, you gates,
And be lifted up, you ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
8 Who is the King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
The LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, you gates,
And lift [them] up, you ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
10 Who is this King of glory?
The LORD of armies,
He is the King of glory.
Selah
Brothers and sisters, our God is mighty in every way. He is mighty in resurrection power. Mighty in the power to redeem. Mighty in love. Mighty in mercy. Mighty in forgiveness. Mighty in peace. Mighty in provision. Mighty in presence. Mighty to save. Mighty in His ability to restore. Mighty to heal. Mighty in every way and then some.
Isaiah 40:26, 28-31 NASB
26 Raise your eyes on high
And see who has created these [stars,]
The One who brings out their multitude by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of [His] power,
Not one [of them] is missing.
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives strength to the weary,
And to [the one who] lacks might He increases power.
30 Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
31 Yet those who wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up [with] wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.
Our God is mighty…and strong…and He offers us that same might and strength regardless of our circumstances. All He asks is that we wait for Him…that we seek to know Him. Need some new strength to keep on keeping on today? Wait for the Lord.
Dennis Jernigan
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