Friday Thought -- January 20, 2012

Good Morning Friends,

“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)

Leprosy was the most dread disease of Bible days.  It was the cancer or the AIDS of that day.  When a person contracted leprosy, life was over for them.  They were made outcasts and lost all hope of ever reentering life.  They were doomed to a slow and painful and very lonely death.  But God is more powerful than leprosy.  He proved it when Jesus touched the lepers and they were healed.  Not even cancer or AIDS are too powerful for Him to overcome.

The forces of nature are beyond our control.  We’ve tried to make it rain when and where we need it, but have basically been failures at it.  We’ve studied tornadoes, but can do nothing to diminish their power.  We know all about earthquakes, but we cannot control them.  But God is more powerful than the forces of nature.  He proved it when Jesus walked on water and calmed the storms.  No force of nature is too powerful for Him to overcome.

And then there is death.  There is no power that causes greater terror than death.  There is nothing we can do to keep the relentless march toward death from happening.  There is little we can do to slow its progress.  Stop smoking, watch your diet, and get some exercise and life may be a few years longer, but death inevitably comes calling.  But God is more powerful than death, too.  He proved it when Jesus called out Lazarus’s name and he walked out alive from his grave.  He proved it when Jesus Himself left the tomb empty!  Not even death is too powerful for Him to overcome.

Nothing is too hard for Him.  Not even the greatest miracle is too hard for Him -- the miracle of transforming your life by His grace!!!

His, by Grace,

Steve