“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.”
We may be facing challenges that seem insurmountable, or fighting battles that feel unwinnable, but we serve a God who is our power when we are weak. Let us never diminish God to human status, focusing only on the character traits we can understand. God, like Aslan in the Chronicles of Narnia, is quite ferocious in power, but He is good and we can trust Him to use His power for His great purposes.
Worship the God of Power
Lord, nothing is too difficult for You. How comforting to know that I serve the great and mighty God whose purposes never fail is on my side. You are great and mighty.
Jeremiah 32:17-19
“Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps of their children after them. Great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord Almighty, great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.
Appropriate the truth of scripture as you grow in your walk of faith
Lord, open my eyes to see and live out the incomparably great power for those who believe. That mighty strength that raised Christ from the dead lives in me. Today, may I walk in Your power, in Your strength as I am so aware of my own weakness. When I am weak, You are strong.
Ephesians 1:18-21
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Light - Walk in the light by openly confessing your sins and need for God
Lord, If I ever came face to face with a display of Your great power, I would repent in dust and ashes like Job did. You are beyond my understanding and Your ways will always prevail.
Job 42:2-6
“I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 ‘Hear, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.’
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
6 therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Know Him more and more as you spend time with Him daily
You are the God who never tires and who grants power to the weak, the tired, and the worn down. You promise us that those who wait on the Lord will have renewed strength and will soar like eagles and run without fainting. Your power is indescribable.
Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
S - Missions
M - Family
T - Church and Friends
W - Work
Th - Community
F - World affairs
Sat - Self
Blessings on your day,
Heather
P.S. If you just jumped into this blog post, you can read the first post explaining how to walk with God through your prayer life and the first day of praying through scripture here.
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