LifeLink Devotions for Monday, November 4, 2024

Obstacles to faith abound. There seems to be a common obstacle to faith in the heroes of the Bible. Whether we are studying the life of Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Nehemiah, Mary, Peter, or Paul, just to name a few, there is a particular element of a growing faith that is emphasized over and over by God as He teaches His children to trust Him. It is what separates the faith of the followers of God from all other so-called faiths. Simply stated it is this: nothing is impossible with God!

Numbers 11:21-23 But Moses said, “Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!’ Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?” The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’S arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you.”

As we grow in our faith in God, we discover that God works in two main arenas to meet our needs and accomplish His purpose:

1.      He miraculously employs and empowers the resources that are visible to us; and

2.      He miraculously employs and empowers the resources that are invisible to us.

Earlier in the chapter from which we just read God specifically addressed the concerns of Moses that the burden of leadership was too great for one man, and He employed and empowered 70 men to come along side of Moses and help him manage the nation. Those resources were visible to Moses, but he needed a faith adjustment to see them. Maybe the burdens you are carrying today are unnecessary, and you simply need to ask God to provide you with a resource that is available to you. It is amazing what we can see when we change our focus from self to service. His Spirit will open our eyes when the decision is made to see God’s plan rather than our problems.

Sometimes, and I believe more often than we realize, God employs and empowers the invisible to accomplish the humanly impossible. In this story of Moses, God promises to feed two million people (600,000 men on foot figures out to around 2,000,000 when counting the women and children) with meat for a month. Moses knows that there is no way to do that based on their current resources. They do not have enough cattle and sheep to make that happen. But God’s arm is not too short to reach out and meet the need of anyone or any church. By the power of the wind, which He controls, He brought enough birds from the sea to cover the ground to a depth of 3 feet for a distance of 15 miles in every direction from the camp. The people gathered 60 bushels of birds each and had far more than they needed to be fed meat for a month.

What area of your life is lacking because you believe the only solution is based on your resources? Is God’s arm too short? NO! Do you believe that He can provide? YES! He has promised to meet your every need according to His riches in glory through Christ Jesus. Start moving forward. Step outside the camp of your comfort.  Walk a day’s journey if necessary and gather up what God will bring you to accomplish His glory.

Pastor John