As of late I have been going through A.W Tozer's book, "The Attributes of God". How desperately we need to learn once again the glorious nature of our God in North America. In his chapter on God's omnipotence he posed the question, "Are some things harder for God than other things?" While in my mind I know that answer must be "No!", for if it was not so God would not be Almighty or All powerful (which of course is what Omnipotent means- Omni is Latin for "All" and Potent it Latin for "Powerful" or "Able"). But even as I know I must answer, "No, some things are not more difficult for Him to do than others". I find in myself doubt, or perhaps it is more that I really don't apply this in my thinking as I face various struggles, trials and opposition. While I know it must be true, my actions, fears, anxieties, complaining, questioning often say I really don't grasp God as the Almighty One.
I encourage you to come before God and ask Him, by His Holy Spirit, to teach you this about Himself. As people who talk about the Sovereignty of God and placing our trust in Him, how often do our words, and thoughts, and actions really reflect that kind of knowledge of God? Not simply a head knowledge, but an assurance in our heart. For, if we truly believe that our God is able and mighty to save, then should we not be the most confident, patient, and gracious people on the planet? Should we not display the fruit of true love, wrought by the Spirit of Christ, which bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things and believes all things? (1 Corinthians 13:7). Dear Christian, I pray that you catch a fresh vision of God the Almighty One and that in Him you too might find rest for your souls, bread and water for your sustenance.
Tozer wrote this about God's Almighty Nature,
His is an effortless power, because effort means I’m expending energy, but when God works, He doesn’t expend energy. He is energy! With effortless power, God did and is doing His redeeming work. We stand in awe and speak in hushed tones of His incarnation. How could it be that the great God Almighty could be conceived in the womb of a virgin? I don’t know how it could be, but I know that the Great God who is omnipotent, the Great God Almighty, could do it if He wanted to. The incarnation was easy for God. It may be hard for us to understand—a mystery of godliness—but it is not hard for God.
I appeal to you—dare to believe that the Lord God omnipotent lives and with Him nothing shall be impossible. He has all the power there is. Your need is nothing compared with the great things that God has done. And yet God pardons your sin and cleanses your spirit and gives you His nature, just as easily as He makes the heaven and the earth, because God is God!
Amen brother! Great post. We all tend to forget that in our angst and anguish, we don't rely upon God, but our own strength, which fails again and again.
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