Have you ever noticed in the Gospel stories of Christ's miracles, there is oftentimes a great deal of chaos going on around Him as He works them. Noisy, pressing crowds. Wailing, grieving people. And an ever present mob of doubters and mockers. Have you also noticed that Jesus never pays attention to any of it? That He's never affected or limited by any of it? Chris Tiegreen speaks to this in a very powerful way. He writes, "None of this is the truth of the situation. He is."
I like to look at all of this with the thought that, what we call reality, all that is happening in the natural realm, is ruled by a greater reality. Jesus Christ. We may be cowed by it. He is not. We may see every obstacle in the way of His working. He does not. We may be intimidated, even paralyzed by the situations and needs before us, but He never is. In all of it, we need to focus on these two words, "He is!" He is present. He is able. He is working. He is sovereign ruler over all of it. He is Lord. He is the truth of every circumstance and need. He is the solution, the answer, the One.
We can know this. We can even say we believe this. But, is this truth, this reality, so deeply ingrained into our spirits that we cannot be moved by all the things around us that try to make us believe that He is none of these things? As Tiegreen writes, "We can fear or we can believe. We can't do both. We have to pick one."
Today, in the midst of your need(s). Which do you pick? What is the truth of your situation, circumstance, need? The enemy has seemingly unlimited reasons for us to not believe that He is. There is only one reason for us to believe that He is. He has promised that it is so. Is the realization of His promise your reality?
Blessings,
Pastor O
Blessings,
Pastor O
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