September 25, 2023

Dear Friend,

Have you thought about God’s promises today?  When God promised Abraham children, he and his wife were in their old age. The Word of God tells us that Abraham refused to consider the impossibilities.  You couldn't get Abraham to talk about how old he was—he wouldn't do it. 

And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
Romans 8:19 (NKJV)

Abraham did not consider his own body. He wouldn't look at it.  He wouldn't focus on it.  He didn't share it with his neighbors.  Why not?  Because if he focused on his body’s old age or the deadness of Sarah’s womb, he would have gotten out of faith.  You cannot do both. You're either going to consider your weakness and focus on it, think about it, and talk about it, or you're going to cast it on the Lord and go ahead and forget about.  Go about your business as best you can. 

Is it easy? No, it's not easy. In fact, it’s easy to pick up burdens and cares and focus on all that looks to be impossible in the natural world around us.  I want to encourage you this week to cast your cares and burdens onto the Lord. Know that He cares for you! Believe God and “do not consider” your own weaknesses.  Do not consider what others call impossibilities. 

When God is with you, nothing can defeat you!

Praise the Lord!

Pastor Jo