| When
you pray, God can answer in two ways: 1) He can use somebody you know.
Who do you know? Who knows what you don't know? Jesus said, 'Give, and
it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken
together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom' (Luke 6:38
KJV). Note the word 'men'. When God blesses you, He often does it
through people. So who should you be listening to and walking with? 'He
who walks with wise men will be wise' (Proverbs 13:20 NKJV). Observe the
word 'walks'. Wisdom comes when you're moving forward, not resting on
your laurels. You must be teachable, discerning, relational, and
responsive. 2) He can use something you have. In 2 Kings 4 a minister's
wife was in trouble. Her husband had died, the bills were piling up and
the creditors took her sons to work off the debt. When she turned to the
prophet Elisha for help, he asked her, 'What do you have in your
house?' She answered, 'Just a little pot of oil.' He replied, 'Find
every empty pot you can and start pouring oil into them. If you do,
you'll have enough to pay off your debts and live well' (2 Kings 4:3-7).
With God you always have enough to create what you need! He can do
'immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power
that is at work within us' (Ephesians 3:20 NIV). Where's the power?
Within you! Your resources are in your gifting, your tenacity, your
relationships and your connection to God. So the word for you today is:
What do you have? |
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