How Big Is Your God

Great is our Lord and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure.
Psalms 147:5

When the goliath trial come into our lives, we often withdraw in disbelief or dispair.  Why me or God, why did you let this happen, are the questions we ask ourselves.  We never think how we are getting ready to go through another opportunity to become spiritually stronger or wiser. We ask, "why me, God?"  The answer is, why not you? 

We hear people say that they are strong or they know that God will take care of whatever trial has come into their lives, but they may never tell you the rest of the story of how God has delivered them again and again so they trust Him. We love to speak of being delivered from a trial, but I never hear anyone say that If God chooses not to deliver them, there's no worries because they trust God.  These people know and trust God, because He has been a part of their lives.  This is what the three Hebrew youths knew when refusing to bow down to Nebuchanezzar's idol, that God could  deliver them, but even if He didnt, they would still serve Him.  This wasn't cheap talk because, they entered the fiery furnace to what should have been their untimely death, but The Word stepped in with them.

The Living Word, the one who became Jesus stepped into their circumstance and delivered them from fear and death and did it so well that they didn't even smell of smoke.  They didn't look like what they had gone through. How often is our first defense the Word?  They didn't see the Lord when they stepped into the furnace; He showed up after the trial got hot.  Glory!  When it gets hot, hard, difficult or look as if all is lost, take the Word and use it like a sharp sword and cut your fear or feelings of hopelessness.

What I love about the times we live in today is that we have the written word, the Holy Spirit and ministering spirits to intervene on our behalf.  If we have an intimate relationship with God, we know that He can deliver, but if He chooses not to on this side, it's alright because we will see Him. 

God works in impossible situations to bring about victorious outcomes.  We don't have to fear the size of the trial when we know the size of our God.  Gideon won the battle with only 300 men against a mighty army of 120,000 Midianites and David won the stand off with the fully armed and dressed for battle giant Goliath, with one stone.  What's in your hand people of God, do you understand what you're working with?  The sword of the Spirit.. your Bible.  Get to know it if you want to war effectively.  How big is your trial, problem, challenge or issue?  They are only as big as you make them, because your God is bigger. 

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