Daily Devotional: Tuesday, Sept 8

Speaker: Paul Diaz

Theme: Myth: God Won't Give You More Than You Can Handle

Weekend Music links on iTunes:  Happy Day by Tim Hughes; Not to Us by Chris Tomlin; Came to my Rescue by Hillsong United; You'll Come by Hillsong United; Shine Your Light On Us by Robbie Seay Band.
 

Read: John 16:33; Acts 12:6-11

Think: This Sunday, our Student Ministries Pastor, Paul Diaz, wrapped up the series "Dumb Things Smart People Believe'.

The commonly held myth discussed this week was "God won't give you more than you can handle".

Pastor Paul shared with us four dumb things people believe about trials and troubles. The second of these is that ‘the Christian life is going to be perfect and problem free.'

Often we are led to believe that if we are following God then all will go well in our lives but it is easy to find people in scripture for whom this was not the case. As we read yesterday, the Apostle Paul often had troubles and we see in Christ's own life that despite following God and in fact being perfect, his life was far from trouble free. Many of the Apostles in the early church suffered greatly, Peter was imprisoned by Herod in our reading. I cannot imagine what the prisons of the time were like but I know it was not problem free for Peter. Having a mission of leading the new church must have been difficult enough but to then be imprisoned...well it's certainly less than perfect.

Jesus said "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." This verse holds a warning and a promise for us. Jesus lets us know that we WILL have trouble but He has overcome everything in this world; nothing is too hard for Him. No situation we have, though it may be overwhelming for us, is bigger than He can handle. The only way we can deal with a situation is to get closer to God and lean on Him, and remember He has already overcome it.

Do: Think about a situation that is beyond your control and remember that God knew you would have troubles but works in it for your good.

Pray: Lord, please be with us in the places that seem too big for us to find our way out of. Thank you that you have already overcome greater problems than ours and that no matter how weary we feel You will help us carry these burdens.

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