Does God have the power to help me? Can God really do all things?
These have been questions that have been asked by many people.
Lets start by reading two passages in the Bible:
Jer 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.
Luke 1:37 For nothing is impossible with God."
According to what we have just read, there isn't anything that God cannot do. These are huge statements, the first one by Jeremiah in the Old Testament and the second one by Luke in the New Testament. How can we check out some of the things God has done? Aside from the countless miracles we see in the Bible, there are other ways to see what God can do.
Lets see what the Bible says about this:
Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
This tells us that we can look at the things God has made and see him in it. Look at nature itself, the way the Plant life and animal life work together; it is impossible for this to happen by accident or evolution. Spend some time watching animal and nature shows on TV see how everything fits together to get your own proof. This is just one small example. Another example is the DNA studies that have been done. Scientists are totally amazed at the complexity of DNA. These are just two examples, if you look around you will find many more. There are people that try to explain these things away, but if you look at it with an open mind, you will only come to one conclusion:
God has to exist and he is all powerful.
Another way we can see the power of God, is to ask others. Talk to believers that are truly trying to live for God, or just watch their lives and you will be able to see God at work in their lives.
We take a chance and trust him. He will prove it. Many of us reach a point where we feel like we just can't go any further, that is when we need to take a chance and trust in God and his promises and we will see his power and experience his help.
Read the following passages, these are promises that apply to believers:
Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Psalm 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
These are promises that guarantee us that God will help us.
So I believe we have established the fact that God is all power full and that his promises say he will help us in all our needs.
How come sometime we don't seem to get help?
Lets see what Peter writes in the following passage:
1st Peter 1:6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
In other words: "We have to go thru fire to become gold". God wants to know that we mean what we say. There are a lot of people that say they are believers till it gets a little rough and as soon as this happens they jump ship. God wants us to get stronger in our believes as time goes on. We may not always understand why God allows things to happen, but according to the following Bible passage it will always work out for good.
Rom 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Key points in this lesson:
God has the power to help me
God can do anything
God promises to help me
So what do I do? Should I take a chance on God? Where do I start?
It has to start by putting your trust in him, which starts by receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
