JUST FOR LADIES – By Camille Stahl

Today’s Passage – Mark 10 – 11 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – click here to view the text from the Blue Letter Bible website)

(Second Milers also read – Psalms 101 – 105; Proverbs 21)

Listen to this morning’s Scripture song – Ephesians 4:32

Read the “1021 Evening and Morning“ devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

Read a previous post from this morning’s reading passage – “Servant Leadership“

Mr. Fix It – And His Name is God

“Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”  (Mark 11:24)

There are times in all of our lives when we are broken or have trouble in a particular area.  We feel hopeless and we’re seeking for answers. But why are we looking to other people for answers when we know God has all the answers.   Imagine how God feels when we seek advice elsewhere.  I’m not saying that we shouldn’t seek good Godly advice, but we should seek expert advice from our Father first.  God is in the business of ‘fixing’.

In Genesis 2:18, God saw that Adam was lonely, so He ‘fixed’ his problem by providing a helpmate, a wife. So ladies, if you’re lonely, just ask God to do what He did for Adam.  Ask Him to reveal your helpmate.

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”  (Matthew 6:33)

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?”  (Jeremiah 32:27)

Hoping and praying for a child?  So was Hannah and God heard her cries and ‘fixed’ her problem too.

“Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.”  (1Sammuel 1:20)

Think about it, He is God of all creation. Do you think there is anything in your life too hard for Him to ‘fix’? What is it that you have for God to ‘fix’?

“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church…” (Ephesians 3:20-21a)

Do you believe your marriage is broken beyond repair?  Remember God can ‘fix’ it, though you can’t comprehend it.  Ask God, “What do I need to do?”  God will make you put forth some effort because He wants you to remember the process and appreciate what you’ve been through.

As a help, we should remember what He has already done for us

“The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.”  (Psalms 126:3)

If he brought Lazarus back from the dead, trust that He can ‘fix’ your troubled son or daughter.  Trust that if He can ‘fix a blind man eye’s (Luke 9), He certainly can open the eyes of your lost family members.  Have little or no money to pay your bills?  Remember how Jesus provided the money to pay the taxes.

“Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.”  (Matthew 17:27)

Encourage yourself by remembering.

“Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”  (Mark 11:24)

So, the next time you are faced with the impossible and need an expert to ‘fix’ it, before you Google the answer or spend any money on professional, attend a seminar, or get a DVD series, please remember your Father in heaven. He is the expert. God wants to do the impossible in your life.

Thank You

Revelation 20:10