God is in control, The End.
Romans 4:19-22 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. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. 22 And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
Romans 4 speaks about the great faith of Abraham, of how he was justified before God in his great faith. He is known as the patriarch of great faith; He stood on the mountain of God and was ready to plunge a knife into his only son as a sacrifice to God. There is much theology wrapped up in all that Abraham understood and felt in that act of great faith, but it as simple as he knew in his obedience that God was in control. In the study of this passage, Matthew Henry expounds deeper, “He was fully persuaded that what God had promised he was able to perform, plerophoretheis —was carried on with the greatest confidence and assurance; it is a metaphor taken from ships that come into the harbour with full sail. Abraham saw the storms of doubts, and fears, and temptations likely to rise against the promise, upon which many a one would have shrunk back, and lain by for fairer days, and waited a smiling gale of sense and reason. But Abraham, having taken God for his pilot, and the promise for his card and compass, resolves to weather his point, and like a bold adventurer sets up all his sails, breaks through all the difficulties, regards neither winds nor clouds, but trusts to the strength of his bottom and the wisdom and faithfulness of his pilot, and bravely makes to the harbour, and comes home an unspeakable gainer. Such was his full persuasion, and it was built on the omnipotence of God: He was able. Our waverings rise mainly from our distrust of the divine power; and therefore to fix us it is requisite we believe not only that he is faithful, but that he is able, that hath promised. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.”
God is in control, The End. All that Satan brings to our minds to convince us otherwise is straight from the pit of hell. All other thoughts are to steal our joy and peace in that understanding of the omnipotence of God; the sustainer and ruler of the universe. When I sat before God on a mountain only a few days ago, I remembered the scripture of how even the rocks praise Him. He sustains everything that you see every day. God could open up that mountain upon which I sat and swallow everything whole; he could rain down fire from heaven and wipe it clean. Even the rocks praise his power. So why is it that in our sinful nature that we can’t seem to grasp it? It is the power of sin in our lives. We must continually draw near to God for that strength to fight off the enemy of doubt. When Christ came walking on the water in the midst of the storm, Peters faith and focus on Christ enabled him to walk on the water with Christ. Matthew 14:29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Only when he took his eyes off Christ, and let doubt set in, did he begin to sink. Wherever God has you at this very moment, he will sustain and provide for you at this very moment; you are not alone. The measure of this understanding is the measure of your relationship with God, it is a measure of your faith.
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