KNOWING THE REAL GOD (PART 9)
GOD IS OMNIPOTENT
Previously, we discussed that God gave the earth to man (Gen 1:26) and by man’s sin, he (man) delivered the earth to satan (Luke 4:5,7). Jesus then defeated satan and the victory is now to anyone who accepts Him.
(1John 5:19) We know that we are from God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. (GW) … the whole world [around us] is under the power of the evil one. (AMP) …the rest of the world is under the power of the devil. (CEV)
WHY CAN’T GOD MAKE ALL THINGS GOOD?
God is Just! He is not a man that He should lie and eat His words. When God speaks and swears to His own hurt, He does not go back on His Word. God already gave the earth to man; so it will be unjust for Him to meddle in the earth’s affair at will. God always needs a man on earth to cooperate with Him before He can move!
Deuteronomy 7:17: If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; HOW CAN I DISPOSSESS THEM?
God is speaking here to the Israelites and asked them a rhetorical question. “If you say in your mind that these nations you want to fight are more powerful than you are; even though I am Omnipotent, you have made me ‘impotent’ in defeating them for you” We see this throughout their journey. When they did not believe they can conquer the giants, the sons of Anak, they couldn’t! Not because God couldn’t but because they couldn’t believe. (Numbers 13:28-33) But God found a man called Caleb who believed; forty five years after, he and his small tribe achieved alone what the whole Israel army said they could not achieve (Joshua 14:6-15). Our faith and confession is what determines if God’s Omnipotence’ power will work on earth and in our lives or not. There is yet another powerful scripture:
CAN GOD BE LIMITED?
Psalm 78:41: Yea, they turned back and tempted God, AND LIMITED THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
We all know that our God cannot be limited. He is God who can do anything, anyhow, at any time. But the Bible says the Israelites limited God. How come? They didn’t limit God Himself because He remains the same from eternity past to eternity future. What they did is that THEY LIMITED GOD’S POWER IN THEIR OWN WORLD. How are you limiting God in your own world today? On earth, men are in control, we are the ones that draw boundaries for God. Man has the ability to limit God’s goodness and power on earth. So, it is man who answers for the evil that happens on earth not God. That wrong thing happening in your life is not because God will’s it; it is because you or some other who have authority over you have cooperated DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY with the devil. That is hard! But if you can believe this, take authority over your life and quit blaming God, it is sure that your life will see tremendous difference.
In the next teaching, we will continue to deal with more revelations about God’s Omnipotence. Feel free to add your comments and questions. Our prayer is that God will open your eyes to see how you are limiting Him in that area of your life and grant you the grace to take authority over it in Jesus name! We commend you to God’s Spirit and His Word.
Grace and Peace be multiplied unto you.