Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song, images, and lyrics from Jim Reeves singing It Is No Secret What God Can Do … poignantly singing of how God can - and will - reach out in times of need to lift us up.
Jesus feeds the multitudes ...
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Highlight Verse[s]: Luke 9:13 [ESV] ... 13 But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.”
… Remembering that when God calls us to help others, HE will supply what we need.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Luke 9:11-17 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… Jesus shows His followers what He can do when He sees others in need.
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Reference Passage : … Job 2:11-13 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The best thing Job’s friends did for him was to just be there with him offering their help presence as consolation in his grief.
Reference Passage : … Ephesians 3:20 [ESV] … 20 Now to Him Who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, …
… We need to remember - and believe - that our Lord can always and forever do more than we could ever imagine when we see others in need.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 2:3-4 [ESV] … 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
… Paul’s exhortation and encouragement when we see others in need.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 13:16 [ESV] … 16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
… God’s word on what we should do when we see others in need.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Glenn Packiam, relates a personal story of being there when a friend need consolation and help. … The ODB author wrote: We met every Thursday after he lost his wife in a car accident. Sometimes he came with questions to which no answers exist; sometimes he came with memories he wanted to relive. Over time, he accepted that even though the accident was a result of the brokenness in our world, God could work in the midst of it. A few years later, he taught a class at our church about grief and how to lament well. Soon, he became our go-to guide for people experiencing loss. Sometimes it’s when we don’t feel like we have anything to offer that God takes our “not enough” and makes it “more than enough.”
God’s word [see passages above] is crystal clear that we we are to go way beyond ourselves and help others when we see the need. Job’s friends certainly showed that heart when they came and saw him in great need (see highlight passage and and Job 2:11-13). But sometimes, we see need that seems way beyond our ability to help, don’t we? Well, in times like that, maybe we just need to do all we can and leave the rest to God.
We need to remember that God’s calling is His enablement; and He ALWAYS can do WAY MORE than we could ever imagine [see Eph. 3:20] with what we have to offer others. And that’s what Jim Reeves is singing about in the linked song; … and what we need to be praying about for others whom we are called to help.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for going WAY BEYOND our abilities when we reach out to help others.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to be willing to reach out and be God’s helper when we see the need today. Amen
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