Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “The fear of not having enough”
Our Bible verse for today: “I raise my eyes to the mountains. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “Consecrating all that we are and all that we have to God changes everything.”
Yesterday we began considering the concept of “capacity”. Every created thing naturally has within it some God-given capacity. That includes you. God has created you with the potential to accomplish wonderful things in life. But as great as your skills and abilities may be, and as much as you might be able to accomplish in your own power, it’s nothing compared to what God can and will do in you and through you when He adds His capacity to yours to accomplish what He wants done.
When God adds His capacity to ours everything changes. When He added His capacity to the natural capacity that was already within the five loaves of bread and the two fish, twenty thousand people were fed. When He added His capacity to that which already existed in Moses, a nation was led out of captivity. And when He adds His capacity to whatever exists within you there is no limit to what He can do in and through you.
So the question becomes, “What does it take for God to add His power and capacity to my abilities in order to accomplish His purposes?” The answer is “consecration”. You have to take all that you have and all that you are and offer it to God to be used for His purposes. The five loaves and the two fish didn’t become a great feast for thousands of people until they were turned over to God for His purposes. Moses didn’t become a great leader until He surrendered his life – all that he was and all that he had to God.
There is something in your life right now – some skill, ability, talent, latent potential, that could be more, that could lead to more, if you would just give it to God, no strings attached.
In Psalm 121:1-2 we read that the Psalmist (presumably King David) understood where his help and power came from. He kept his focus where it needed to be, on the Lord. That needs to be true of us too. When we take all that we are and all that we have and consecrate it to the Lord, looking always to Him for strength and power and ability and direction, there is no limit to what can happen.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 