Jeremiah 32:17 ‘Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:’
DAILY READING Hebrews 11:1-22; Exodus 13:1-14:31; Proverbs 5
Zhang Heng is associate director of China Gospel Mission and senior pastor at Zaidao Church in Beijing China. At the Movement Day Global Cities conference in New York City on October 26, 2016, he testified about his conversion. According to his testimony, years ago as a youth he suffered from an unspecified medical condition that left him paralyzed until 1979. At that time, Heng said he had no hope and there were times when he wanted to take his life. He said he cried out to God for help and in 1979 God sent him a preacher who introduced him to Jesus. The preacher made him to understand that with God nothing is impossible and that God could heal him from his paralysed condition. For his healing, the preacher instructed the desperate Heng to pray and fast, which he did. Then on the last day of the fast, Heng suddenly found he could rise up and walk. The Lord had healed him!
The miracle shocked Heng’s family so much they immediately began praising Jesus and repented almost like a scene from the book of Acts in the Bible. That day, his entire atheist family, knelt down to receive Jesus as their Lord and personal savior. A month later Heng’s family had a thanksgiving party at their house and invited friends and the preacher who had told Heng about God. The preacher shared the Gospel with them and Heng gave his testimony telling everybody what Jesus had been doing in his life. More than 50 people came to faith and they started a church that very night. In the next eight years, that group grew into a movement that created 200 churches which attracted more than 20,000 converts. They started a nationwide network, sending people to different provinces to preach. And today Zhang Heng is a senior pastor at Zaidao Church in Beijing China and a key Christian leader in China.
Jeremiah 32:17 says ‘Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:’
There are times it may seem our backs are against the wall and there is no hope. At such times, it may seem we are at our wit’s end and don’t know what else to do, But God always knows what to do. He is the hope of the hopeless, and an ever present help in the time of need. Paralyzed and without any help in sight, when Zhang Heng cried out to God for help, God answered his prayers.
Like Heng, you could be paralyzed, maybe not physically, but in some other areas of life. Perhaps your finances, marriage, relationship, business or career may seem paralyzed, the same God who answered a poor Chinese boy when he cried is available to also answer when you call. He is able to turn things around to favour you. He is able to lift you up from the ground and take you to the topmost places of life.
He is the God who causes light to shine out of the darkness, He moves mountains and causes walls to fall. It doesn’t matter how paralyzed that situation, God is able to cause you to rise out of it and walk free into the glorious destiny He has for you. Truly there is nothing impossible to God. Jehovah indeed has the final say. He is the God of all flesh and nothing is ever too hard for him. He can do exceedingly abundantly above all you could ever ask or think. Indeed He is able to deliver you from every form of paralysis or stagnation and make a way for you where there seems to be no way.
So no matter how difficult any situation may see right now, as you cry out to God, help is on the way. No matter how turbulent things may seem, know that you serve the God of miracles who can calm every storm. He raises a standard against the flood and makes a path through the mighty waters. Therefore declare His faithfulness in every situation. Judge Him faithful even in the midst of your trials. Never mind what may be happening, keep looking at what is written in God’s Word, because what is written will eventually control what is happening. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world, and that faith will come through diligent study of God’s Word.
Faith is what makes you to continue to trust God even when it seems you can’t trace Him. Learn to follow Him even when you cannot fathom Him, learn to keep holding on to Him, no matter what comes. His ears are ever open to the cry of the righteous, He will answer when you call out of a sincere heart. He knows how to destroy every stagnation, delay and spiritual paralysis in any area of your life. When you engage His help in every area of concern, He commits Himslef to seeing you through. Therefore as you call upon Him today, be assured that He will arise for you, He will prevail for you. He will surely see you through. Indeed He will perfect all that concerns you. He will put a new song in your mouth and set your feet upon the solid rock.
PRAYER: Lord, Please help me to know that You are always there to deliver me, no matter what I may face in life. Thank You for always answering when I call and thank You for always causing me to triumph in all situations in Jesus Name. ….
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God’s word is God’s ‘prescription’ for every area of your life, let God’s word fix that situation in your life. WORDBITE 222