How Big is God - Day 93 Month 4-3 Week 14-2
Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year)
Numbers 5:11-6:21 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%205%3A11-6%3A21&version=NASB1995
Psalm 75 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2075&version=NASB1995
Isaiah 66:1-9 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2066%3A1-9&version=NASB1995
Luke 8:40-9:11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%208%3A40-9%3A11&version=NASB1995
1. God says in Isaiah 66:1 “Heaven is My throne and earth is My footstool.” So, how big is your God? Sometimes we confine God. I went off caffeine this week. It’s the second time I have done this. I really did not think I was drinking much coffee but I’ve recently (last few months) been anxious and had some heart palpitations. As I did the last time I went off caffeine, I analyzed how many cups of coffee I was drinking and realized it was 4 to 6 cups. And I’m talking about 12 oz cups. Compared with the last time I stopped caffeine, this was nothing. So as always, I took the “all or nothing” method and I stopped. After a day and a half without caffeine the pain began. I don’t get caffeine headaches, I get muscle pain. When you become dependent on caffeine, your body becomes dependent on the stimulant. When removed, blood vessels dilate, causing increased blood flow and increased muscle tension, which can feel like aches, stiffness, or flu-like symptoms. The pain peaks at around 48 hours (that wasn’t me, that was Dr. Google explaining). Yesterday morning I sat down to write yesterday’s blog and the pain was almost unbearable. I couldn’t sit, I couldn’t stand, I couldn’t lie down. No matter what position I was in, the pain was there. I took a natural remedy, followed shortly after by 2 extra strength tylenol and when the pain remained I caved. I had half a cup of coffee. Within a short time the pain went away. It did come back, but not as bad and this morning as I sit here in this chair writing, the pain is there but much more bearable. So what does my caffeine withdrawal have to do with how big my God is? Through all of the pain and agony I was in, though I knew it would be only for a few days, I did not once talk to God about it. I talked to Sylvia, who offered the natural remedy and also the tylenol but I didn’t talk to God. Now, I don’t think God would necessarily take the pain away but God might have said to me, “ya, I get it - don’t bother with tylenol. Just have a half cup of coffee. You really didn’t have to go off caffeine cold turkey, a half cup will get you through it.” After all, God did design the human body!
2. In our Luke reading today, I’m reminded how Jesus is most interested in a person's faith. The woman who’d had the haemorrhage for 12 years believed if she could just touch His garment she’d be healed. I ask you, did Jesus’ garment hold healing power? My answer is no because as Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing on You.” Many people would likely have touched His garment and not been healed. Jesus said, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.” Here’s an interesting point though. The woman had to come to Jesus. She ran out of options for healing. She had faith that if she would only touch the corner of His garment, she would be healed. The point is: her faith was already there; she wasn’t healed until she approached Jesus and touched His garment.
The moral of the stories today? Come to Jesus. He already knows you, loves you, wants to bring you healing and wants you to share in His Kingdom.
Have a great Day
Steve
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