Mighty God

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In You, O Lord, I put my trust;
Let me never be put to shame.
Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;
Incline Your ear to me and save me.
Be my strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

 

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
For You are my hope, O Lord God;
You are my trust from my youth.
By You I have been upheld from birth;
You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise shall be continually of You.

 

I have become as a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.
Let my mouth be filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all the day.  -  Psalm 71:1-8

 

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And Your salvation all the day,
For I do not know their limits.
I will go in the strength of the Lord God;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.  -  Psalm 71:15-16

Not only will Jesus your Sovereign give you perfect advice as your wonderful Counselor, but He also has the power to see things through to completion in whatever way He directs you because He is the Mighty God.

 

When you take your car to the dealership, it's because you don't have what's needed to resolve the blinking light or the irritating noise. The mechanics, however, can run the diagnostics and make use of their knowledge, tools, and experience to go from identifying the problem to implementing the solution.

 

If you go to Jesus for His wonderful counsel and allow Him to perform His diagnostics, He has all the tools, power, and might to deliver you. His peace will calm your chaos. His skills can rectify any confusion. His healing can mend your relationships and brokenness. See, the Mighty God is so powerful that He requires nothing outside Himself to restore everything that needs to be restored in your life.

 

You may feel like you have the strength or know-how to navigate a trial or two, but when they pile up as they tend to do, you need the power source of Jesus your Sovereign. Throughout the Gospels we see the power of this descriptive name manifested. One example is His strength over sin. He demonstrated His ability to forgive sin and redeem people from the consequences they faced, and then He urged them to go and sin no more. He also drove out demons. Healed the sick. Raised the dead.

 

Friend, Jesus has the authority to overrule anything you need Him to - whether physical, emotional, or spiritual. He is the Mighty God, the divine Sovereign, the one to approach even before the warning lights blink. He is the one to praise and credit in the process and when you're back up and running smoothly again.

 

 

 

The devotional message, “Mighty God”, was written by Pastor Dr. Tony Evans, and appeared in “Transformed By The Trinity”, Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR., 2023, Page 115.  Used with permission.

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