Is God Able?
As a preschool teacher, I
sometimes hear, “I can’t do this,” or “I don’t know how to do this,” or “Can
you help me do this?” even “Will you do this for me?” As a teacher, I need to determine whether a
project, a lesson, or a worksheet will be just right for a child’s abilities
and age, too easy (thus boring), or too difficult (leading to
frustration). I believe God is
constantly watching us in our daily lives and keeps an eye on how we are
handling or lives. He sees when we are
proud and when we think we can handle things all by ourselves, and he sees when
we lack confidence, and he sees when He needs to teach us a valuable lesson,
and He knows when things are getting too easy or difficult for us. He wants to keeps us stable, and he wants us
to have confidence in ourselves and what we can accomplish if we are depending
on His always present help and abilities!
As our Divine Teacher, God has
told us in His Word that He is able! Able to do what? Let’s look.
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Daniel 3:17
“If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God Whom we serve is able to save us. He will
rescue us…”
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Romans 8:39
“No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all
creation will ever be able to
separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord!”
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Exodus 35:34
“And the Lord has given both Bezalel and Oholiab the ability to teach their skills to
others.”
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2 Cor. 1:8 “…we were crushed and overwhelmed
beyond our ability to endure, and we
thought we would never live through it.
In fact, we expected to die. But
as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead.”
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1 Cor. 12:4
“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts (abilities), but the same Spirit is the source of them
all. There are different kinds of
service, but we serve the same Lord. God
works in different ways, but it is the same God Who does the work in all of
us.”
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1 Cor. 12:7-9
“A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. To one person, the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice, to another
the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. The same Spirit gives great faith to another,
and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing.”
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Eph. 3:20
Now all glory to God Who is able,
through His mighty power and work within us to accomplish infinitely more than
we might ask or think!”
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Jude 24 “Now all glory to God, Who is able to keep you from falling
away and will bring you with great joy into His glorious presence without a
single fault!
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Let’s remember that the first chapter in the
Bible tells us that God created the Heavens and the earth! God
was able and is able to create ALL things!
All! What is there, then, that
God is not able to do? Nothing!
In just these few short verses, we are told some amazing,
amazing abilities God has and uses. God
has the ability to:
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Save us
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Rescue us
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Bestow upon each of us abilities of our own
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Teach us to rely on Him instead of on ourselves
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Raise the dead
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Give us spiritual abilities/gifts
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Work in multiple ways
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Work in everyone
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Help us help others
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Work mightily and with power through us
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Keep His loved ones close at all times
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Keep all things meant to separate us from Him
away from us
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Work through us because He dwells in us
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Accomplish infinitely more than we can ask or even
think
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Keep us from falling away from Him
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Make us faultless because of Christ’s sacrifice
on the cross
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Take us to be with Him in Heaven one day
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Make us like Christ upon entering Heaven
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Create and do all things
Not unlike my preschool students, we often need help. The big questions: Do we ask for help? Whom do we ask? How long do we wait to ask for help? Do we trust the one we ask? Our Loving Able Father hears us when we talk,
cry, or even whisper our concerns to Him.
“God, I can’t do this!” “God, I
don’t know how to do this!” “God, can
you help me do this?” “”God, will you do
this for me?” Take a look again at the
list of what God promises He is able to do for you. He is able, He loves you, and He will help if
you just ask! Just remember to pray for
His will for you (because His will is always best for us), wait on His perfect
timing, trust Him, and remember to always thank Him for all He has already done
in your life!
You are able if you are relying on God!
