Power in dust!
Verse for Today: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Psalms 103:14 - For (the Lord) Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are dust.
Only the maker knows how strong the
product is. He knows its weaknesses as well as strengths and usefulness. If the
product has this awareness, it will never boast and will continue to seek the
help of its maker for sustainability and usability. This is most relevant with
regard to human beings. We are created by the Almighty and so He knows all our
weaknesses and strengths. He deals in and with us with this realization and
handles us with kindness and care. He knows that we are but a breath and are
like dust, with no capacity or strength within us. It is His enabling that
makes us able to perform. Our survival is in His hands as He fortifies us to
keep going. As dust, we fly away with the wind and are tossed around by the
minutest changes in our situations. We are often so lost and are not easily
found by anyone with any human effort. But our God knows us, with all our
weaknesses and inadequacies. His heavenly eyes see us and find us out whenever
we are away from Him and discipline us to be submissive and committed to Him alone.
He makes us fit instruments in His mighty hands. He is mindful that we are
fragile and so in His mercy, He pours His power into us and molds us to make us
what He wants us to be. So we are to demonstrate His grace, power, love and
compassion through all our dealings. If we fail in it at any time, we can go to
Him and draw upon His powerful resources to keep going. His Spirit is within us
to strengthen us to do mighty things for His kingdom. It has pleased the Lord
to use us for Him and He enables us to touch the lives of others today. We must
forget about ourselves and our tiny problems and leave all of it at the foot of
the cross and keep moving in this world for His glory. With His power in us, we
are like dynamite, ready to explode for Jesus.
Dear friend, are you looking at
your weak frame and your identity as a worthless dust and get discouraged? Are
you tempted to focus on your weaknesses and quit or are you challenged to boast
about your self-inflated worth? Today God wants you to look at yourselves
through His eyes. You are God's greatest powerhouse on earth today. When you
come to Him in prayer, it is your opportunity to be humble, confess your
nothingness before Him and seek His mercy and grace to touch the lives of
others. Then you will be pleasantly surprised to see the power of God pass from
you to the people you deal with as expressions of sympathy, love, compassion,
peace, joy and patience. It has pleased God to use you today in touching the lonely,
hurt, sick, depressed, despised, forsaken, friendless, poor and painful lives
around you. He deals with you and makes use of you knowing that you are dust
with a weak frame. But when you are filled with His power, you are usable and
useful to Him and to others on His behalf. So you can forget about yourself and
your puny problems because God is handling it according to His riches in glory.
If you are tempted to boast about your achievements in this world, it is time
you confess it as pride and ask for His forgiveness. Today let the dusts speak
of God’s glories as He puts the dusts together to build His kingdom.
2 Corinthians 12:9 – My grace
is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.
Thought for Today
God uses a humble and contrite
human dust to accomplish great things on earth.
Prayer for Today
Dear Lord Jesus: Help me to crucify
all my pride and submit myself with all my inadequacies for your empowerment
and enabling. Amen!
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