“And this will we do,
if God permit.” Hebrews 6:3
Sometimes people forget how much God and His power means to
us. Sometimes people think more highly of themselves then they ought too. God
wrote through the Apostle Paul, “For I
say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to
think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according
as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” Romans
12:3 We sometimes forget what brought us to this place in life, how we got
here, sometimes we simply forget God and His grace and mercy. We start to think
and sometimes wrongly believe that we have the capability to do things on our
own, forgetting God. What is it that makes most Christians to forget the grace
that works in our life, it is the ugly nature that is still in us. We must
understand every day of our life that we can do nothing without God giving us
the power to do so and bringing it all about. Therefore, we find ourselves in circumstances
that we cannot solve, or find a way of accomplishing, because we forget God, His
will, and power. We must wake-up everyday depending on God and His power of
accomplishment. We must all have more faith in God, we must trust in the
power of God and not ourselves. Man puts a lot of burdens on themselves
that they cannot solve on their own, failing to trust our Sovereign God to give
it to us. The Preacher wrote “It is not
good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.”
Proverbs 25:27 This verse confuses a lot of people, but the Hebrew word
for “honey” means – gummy or sticky – it could mean to be stuck on yourself,
because if you believe in your own glory, there is none. As Christians we
cannot think fleshly, lost people cannot count on God, but we as Christians can
and ought to in everything not allowing for self-glory. Jesus said, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13 This verse gives
us two thoughts, (1) We must believe, without doubt that God can do as He
promises. And (2) We must accept that we cannot do anything without God. If God
will permit, and according measure of grace given to me, I can accomplish all things
in my life. We must understand that prayer is not an absolute cure but rather
our asking God for grace and mercy. “And
this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according
to his will, he heareth us: (15) And if we know that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.”
1 John 5:14 - 15 If God gives us enough faith we could move mountains, heal,
and do all kinds of miracles but today God does not give those kinds of power. However,
the facts are that that we cannot live, move or have our being in life without
Gods grace and His permission. When we say “if the Lord wills” we say well
because it is true. We cannot accomplish things on our own, we must look to our
gracious God in everything, and accept what measure of grace given to us. In
the meantime, believing (no matter what) that we can accomplish all things
through Christ Jesus our Lord. “And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be
given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. (10)
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.” Luke 11:9 – 10 not everything we
ask but everything God will permit us. God is able to give us everything we ask;
do we believe it? This scripture is given for our faith-building, for our
understanding that God can give whatever He permits with His measure of grace. God
is not obligated to any person, or else it would not be by grace. Let us
understand, we cannot do what God does not permit. Christians are made by God’s
power, churches are built by God’s grace and power, and we are what we are by
Gods grace. If we all understand this, we will continue to look to God in
faith. We don’t have to change to modern time doctrines, method’s, or trickery
to accomplish things in the Lord’s churches. A church must be what Christ
started, what Paul preached about, and how God deals with her, or else she will
lose her church status. People cannot change God for the better, God is perfect
and cannot change. Modernize God and He is no longer the true God to you,
modernize God’s word and it is no longer God’s word, modernize salvation and it
no longer works, modernize the church and Jesus Christ will remove the candlestick.
We are what we are by God’s grace, as He permits.
