John 2:5 “But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Often, getting stuck happens due to a half-hearted commitment on our part. We know what we want to achieve, where we want to go – but something causes us to hesitate, to hold back just a little…some tiny uncertainty or perhaps even a full-blown belief that we need to try even though ‘we’ll never make it’. This is frequently how the word of God is handled. It seems too good to be true. Some of the things that God says we are we have trouble believing. Some things he says we can do we just can’t quite see it. We take the matchless and perfect word of God and we reduce it to what we can perceive. The word of God won’t fit into our world view…it’s too big. It defies the laws of nature because it says the dead can be raised, we can be perfect, anything can be healed…it is not God’s promises and commands that are too small – it is our thinking. In the Bible, when people simply “did whatever” he told them, miracles followed. It is easier to see how a lack of commitment holds others back – not so easy to see it in ourselves. Small thinking will get you stuck big time…every time.
Pray: Lord God, expand my way of thinking today so that I do not set myself up to get stuck. Even if my believing is not where it needs to be, it doesn’t mean that I need to hesitate to obey what your word says. Obedience, even when belief is lacking can keep me from getting stuck and help to grow my faith. Father, teach me to stop reducing your word and begin expanding my mind. Today, Lord, I will do whatever you tell me to do. In Jesus blessed name I humbly ask it – Amen.
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January 9, 2012
by Rob Durney