Psalm 103:19 “Yahweh has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom rules the entire universe.” Today's episode reminds us that nothing is too big or too small for God. He wants us to come to Him in all our troubles, not just the ones where we think He can help us. Even if we can't see a way He could help, we can go to Him and ask and then just sit back and watch how He fixes our mess. There is nothing God can't do, and sometimes we place restrictions on Him because we don't see how He could do something. We don't have to see, we just have to trust that He can. Music:"Adding the Sun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Our Father’s Love (Part 12) Trust Enough To Ask For The Impossible
Psalm 103: 19 “Yahweh has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom rules the entire universe.”
God has established his throne in heaven. This doesn’t mean that is where He stays. His kingdom rules the entire universe. There is nothing that the Lord can’t reach. I think we forget this sometimes. We know God is all-powerful and all-sovereign, and then sometimes we are having trouble with something, and we don’t ask God for several reasons. We don’t ask Him because we think He is too busy to deal with our little problems, and we don’t want to bother Him. We don’t ask Him because this is a worldly problem, and what is He going to do about it anyway? We tend to put God in a box, and we think we know what He can do. We have an idea in our heads about what God can do for us, and we tend to keep our requests in alignment with those ideas.
This may seem silly when you hear me say this. We all know that God is all-powerful and He can do all things. We don’t limit God. Think about the last few things you have prayed for. Have they been for the same type of things? Do you pray for God to help you with things even when you don’t see a way that He can help you? Are you taking all of your problems to God, or just some of them? I know a lot of people who seem to get annoyed with me because I often say, “Well, let's pray about that.” If something is bothering us, then God wants to help us. It doesn’t matter how big or how small it is. He cares about everything that we care about.
The verse above says that His kingdom rules the entire universe. It does not say that it rules our health and our spiritual lives, but not our material lives. It does not place any restrictions on God. So, why do we? When was the last time you asked God to help you out of a bind that had nothing to do with health? We tend to pray to the Lord when we or someone we love needs healing, but not necessarily when we need material things. For instance, would you pray to the Lord if your car breaks down on the highway, or would you just call AAA? If you need money to pay your bills, do you think you should pray to the Lord for it? What if you ran out of food, would you pray to the Lord, or would you try to figure it out on your own? Do these sound like things the Lord can help with?
One time my dad’s car broke down, and he really needed a car if he was going to get to work. Before he even had time to tell my mom his car had broken down, a neighbor was at the door giving my dad a car. My dad hadn’t even told him he needed one. The man just said he had this feeling he was supposed to give my dad his wife’s car as she no longer needed it. One of my friends was sitting in her car waiting for the dollar store to open so she could buy groceries. She made her grocery list and realized she didn’t have enough money for all she needed. She prayed to God and told Him that if she just had $50 more, she could buy all she needed that week. The next thing she knew, her daughter had jumped out of the car to chase something that had just flown by. It was a $50 bill. One time, my parents ran out of food, and they really didn’t know how they were going to feed us that night for dinner. They prayed to the Lord for help, and a neighbor came over with all this extra food he had. His dad had to move in with them all of a sudden, and they couldn’t fit all his groceries into their house, so they asked my parents if they wanted the extras. God is so good!
These are all things where the people couldn’t imagine how God was going to answer their prayers, and yet they asked anyway. There is no way that my dad would have imagined a neighbor would just give him a car or bags full of groceries, yet it happened. There is no way my friend could have imagined that if she asked God for $50, she would randomly find a $50 bill in an empty parking lot. Nothing is beyond the reach of God. Nothing is impossible for God.
I think it is really important to remember this when we are praying for healing as well. We might not see any way that it can happen, and yet we can still pray to the Lord, even if we can’t see a way. For instance, there was a woman at the healing service who said she had several heart issues and had a pacemaker but would need a transplant at some point in the future. When she was prayed over, she felt heat in her heart, which means the Holy Spirit was working on it. She asked how that works if she has a pacemaker already. She couldn’t see how the Lord could heal her heart when she had a pacemaker. The deacon said he didn’t know either, we would have to ask Jesus. Here’s the thing, we don’t have to know. We just have to trust enough to ask and then wait and see. If God can create the entire universe, he can certainly figure out how to heal a heart with a pacemaker in it.
I don’t think we mean to place restrictions on God, I just think we aren’t accustomed to asking for big things. God tells us in our prayer group all the time that we are not asking for too much. We are asking for too little. When we ask for big things, miraculous things, things we can’t imagine how God will make them happen, then we are glorifying God and showing Him that we trust He can do all things. I have seen God do miraculous things, and I have heard about God doing miraculous things, so I believe God can do miraculous things.
A friend of mine has a nephew who has brittle bone disease. He cannot really go out and do things because he breaks bones so easily. He is also in a lot of pain. I was talking with my friend about praying for his nephew, and he said, “It’s not like God can give him a new body.” This is what we would probably all think. We would struggle to see how God could heal this young boy. What would God do, replace all his bones? Could he even do that? Yes, He is the creator of the universe. There is nothing he can’t do. However, we most likely wouldn’t think to pray for that because that seems so crazy to think about. Jesus restored sight to the blind, he helped the lame walk, and He literally brought people back from the dead. If He can do all of that, He can heal this young man.
If you are in need of a miracle, if you are in need of anything, ask the Lord for it. Ask God, even if you can’t see how He can fix it. Ask for it even when you don’t see a way through it. God can make a way where there is no way. I am sure God’s people did not see a way when they were caught between the Egyptian army and the Red Sea, yet God made a way by parting the waters. I bet no one knew that was coming or even thought of that as a possibility. The same is true for whatever you need. God’s kingdom rules the entire universe. Nothing is too big and nothing is too small for Him. You are never bothering God. He loves it every time you come to Him. I think sometimes He likes it more when we come to Him for the little things because it shows we are trusting Him more.
Think about who you ask to help you with the little things. If you just meet someone, you won’t want to bother them with little things. However, you wouldn’t think twice about asking your best friend or perhaps your family members to help you with something small. You wouldn’t hesitate because you know them and you know they would be happy to help you. The same is true with God. When you bring everything to Him, it shows Him that you trust Him and that you feel comfortable with Him. Let’s all take some time today and examine our prayers to God. Are there things we haven’t been asking Him? Is it because we think they are too big or too little? Have we been subconsciously putting restrictions on God? How can we change our prayer to reflect the fact that His kingdom rules the entire universe? There is nothing that is too big or too small for Him.
Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless all those listening to this episode today. Lord, we love you, and we are so grateful you care about us so much. We want to turn to you first in all situations, please help us. We want to ask you for all things, big and small. We want to trust you in all situations. We can only do this with your help Lord. Please remind us to pray. Please help increase our trust and our faith so we can believe in you more. We love you, Lord, and we ask all of this in accordance with your will and in Jesus’s holy name. Amen!
Thank you so much for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus. I look forward to meeting you here again tomorrow. Remember, Jesus loves you, and so do I! Have a blessed day!
Here is today’s word of prophecy from our prayer group: “All come to me be of good cheer. I see you all. I see my spirit burning within each of your hearts. I know your innermost secrets and desires because I created them for you. I live in you, you in me. What have you to fear? Why do you fear? Cast out all fear because you live in me and my love and abiding presence. I will care for my children. I am yours, you are mine, we are one. My heart beats within you, my precious ones. There is nothing to fear, ever. Believe no matter what comes. Believe in me and my love for you. It exists all and into eternity. Wash yourself in the blood of the Lamb. Stop. Stop worrying; I command it.”