FEBRUARY 11

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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Romans 8:32

“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”

2Peter 1:3

“as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,”

Psalm 50:10-12

“For every beast of the forest is Mine,  and the cattle on a thousand hills.   I know all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.   If I were hungry, I would not tell you;   For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.”

Jeremiah 32:17

“‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.”

Job 4:3

“Behold, You have instructed many, and You have strengthened the weak hands.”

Jeremiah 32:27

“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?”

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Our book for this month  is called “100 NAMES OF GOD”  written by Christopher D. Hudson.  Each day we’ll take one Hebrew name for God as given in the Bible to study and relate to.

EL SHADDAI

THE ALL-SUFFICIENT ONE, GOD ALMIGHTY

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old,  the Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.’”   Genesis 17:1

God told seventy-five-year-old Abram that he and his wife, Sarai, would at last become parents.  Eleven years later, with the nursery still empty, Abram and Sarai decided to “help” God keep His promise by fathering a son with Sarai’s servant girl Hagar.  God, however had other plans.

God appeared to Abram, revealing Himself by a new name:  “I am El Shaddai,” God Almighty.  In Hebrew, the name conveys the ideas of majestic strength and being able to supply abundantly.

God was reminding Abram of His limitless ability.  He didn’t need Abram’s “help” in carrying out His will.  He is powerful enough to do anything – even give Abram and Sarai a child in their old age.  Nothing is too hard for the Lord (Genesis 18:14).  Within the year, Isaac, the son of the promise, was born.

Because our God is Almighty, there is nothing He can’t do.  No problem is too big.  No concern is too small. God never gets weary from carrying our burdens (Matthew 11:28).

What impossible situation in your life needs the Almighty?

PRAYER

God, I praise You for Your limitless power and provision.  Please give me faith worthy of the truth that nothing is too hard or too big for You. Please help me to see that in every small and large situation in my life.  Thank You.  Amen

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