Our Family Time with God

November 16, 2009

GOD IS GREAT

IN HIS POWER

Scripture Reading--Psalm 95

Give special attention to vv 4-6.

Years ago, we purchased a modular home for our lot. The foundation was built, the house arrived, and a special crew came to set the house on its foundation. The house came in two pieces, 68 by 14 feet each. We wondered how the workers were going to move those sections from the trailers to the foundation. A huge crane arrived, and workers attached cables to each section. Our stomachs were in our throats as the crane lifted the house onto its foundation with ease. We sighed in relief! Because the crane was so powerful, the job wasn't a problem.

In the Book of Jeremiah we read, "Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power....Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing to hard for me?" ( 32:17, 27; emphasis added ). We often encounter life situations that are too big for us. We can't imagine how we'll ever get through them. That's when we need to remember that our God is great in His power and to allow Him to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.

A missionary offered a native man a ride in the back of his truck, The man was carrying a load of firewood on his shoulders. Accepting the offer, the man climbed into the back. When the missionary looked in the mirror, he noticed the native still carried the wood on his shoulders. Stopping the truck, the missionary asked him to put his load down.

The man replied, "No, you have been kind to give me a ride, but I wouldn't think of asking you to carry my wood too." Dear friends, the good news is that when God carries you, He carries your load, too. And He does so because He is so great in His power.

APPLICATION: Discuss Scripture passages that describe God's demonstrating His great power. Encourage your family to see that nothing is too big for God to handle.

--Jack Palmer--