My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish
His work (John 4:34).

I’m sometimes impressed by how much people can accomplish when
they believe in themselves. When I worked on the Apollo space
program in the 1960s, we bid on a contract for the space shuttle.
The technology to build the type of rocket it would take to boost
that size payload into space had not yet been developed, but NASA
believed that given enough time and resources, it could be done.
Ten years later it was. Some who believe only in science exhibit
greater faith than Christians. How much more should we be able to
accomplish if the object of our faith is God?

Every commandment of God comes with a promise: “For as many as
may be the promises of God, in Him they are yes” (2 Corinthians
1:20). God will never command us to do something that He will not
empower us to do. It is never a question of whether God can, but
if He wills. If He wills, then we can, if we believe. Those
predisposed to do His will understand what it is (John 7:17), and
by the grace of God will do it.

It is critical to realize that God is under no obligation to man.
God is only under obligation to Himself and to the covenants He
has made with us. We don’t need God jumping around in heaven
catering to our every whim! There will never be a day when we say
something and God has to do it because we said it. We cannot box
God in.

There was a woman in my pastorate who wouldn’t let me pray for
her dying husband if I concluded my prayer with, “Be it done
according to Thy will.” I will never apologize for bowing to a
higher authority. We are told to pray, “Thy will be done.” Any
other way would put us in the position of the Lord. The
independent use of God’s Word and divine attributes is precisely
how Satan tempted Jesus. Jesus withstood the temptation to act
independently of God the Father and declared that His food was to
do the will of His Father who sent Him. That is our food as well.

Thank You, Lord, that You have all the power I need to accomplish
Your will for my life today. I tap into Your vast power source by
faith to accomplish great things for You.

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