Power of All Things

Key Scripture:  “All things work together for good for those who love God and are the called according to His purpose.”  Romans 8:28

Power Point:

If you peek carefully around all the corners of this verse, it has some pretty surprising promises for the children of God. All things? Surely that’s a mis-quote; ALL things -every good thing, every bad thing, ANY thing? All things!

So who are these “called” ones? They are the ones who have accepted God’s invitation to be part of His family and His kingdom and are in line with His purposes. If you have accepted His invitation offered through Jesus, then you, my friend, are The Called. That puts you in a very select group just like the children of Israel all those years ago. They were “The Called Out Ones” from Egypt. Everywhere they went and everything they did was covered by the presence, power and blessing of God. That is, unless they didn’t take advantage of it. Unless they did everything in opposition to what He told them.

Sadly they didn’t take His advice on a regular basis and ended up not being able to enjoy all the benefits of their position.

Matthew 6:33 tells us that if we seek Him first all things will be added to us. A few verses before that Jesus says, “Don’t worry!  Do NOT worry about your life…not about what you eat or drink or about your body, or how you will clothe it.”  Why? Because your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things and if you search for His kingdom and His way of doing things, all these things will be added to you.

Okay, let’s jump over to Mark 9:26 where Jesus makes this comment, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Actually all three verses are saying the same thing aren’t they? If we seek Him first, if we love Him and believe Him, Jesus says, “All things are possible to us and for us.  In fact, in Matthew 19:26 He goes even farther when He says, “With men it (salvation) is impossible but with God all things are possible.” The word He used there for salvation is “sozo” and it means to heal, to keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger and destruction of any kind. I guess that means that when Jesus saves us He saves us from all those things and for all those things that God has in store for us, an abundant life in the here and now.

It means when you say “yes” to Jesus; you have the privilege of receiving all things that are possible for Him for you.

Power Thought:

All things that are possible for Jesus are His gift to you.