Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21 NLT) God is able to accomplish INFINITELY more than we ask - more than we think. Meditate on those two things for a bit today - mulling them over and over until those two very important truths meld into the framework of your thoughts and begin to influence your prayers. When we finally believe NOTHING we ask for is too big for God, we begin to ask for more than we ever thought possible! The might power at work within us - those words should begin to challenge our disbelief a little. There is a power at work within us - nothing short of divine - that creates both the right attitude and strength to face whatever challenges stand in our way. We begin to walk 'taller' in a spiritual sense once we lay hold of that truth and really begi...
God’s way is perfect. All the Lord’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection. For who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is a solid rock? God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect. You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping. (Psalm 18:30-32, 36 NLT) I have to ask - what 'way' have you chosen in life? Has it always been the 'right' way? Or have you been like me, choosing the 'right' way most of the time, but still finding the 'wrong' way kind of like a menacing 'pusher of buttons' on occasion? You do everything you can to avoid having those buttons pushed, but there are just times when there is no resisting in your own power and that is what you have been leaning on way too much. God's protection is there for us, but we choose to lean on our own resistance way too frequently. We think we have it 'handled', but don't even realize how futile that self-determi...