Let God Do It!

"Faith does not operate in the realm of possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins where man's power ends."
George Mueller

I have learned a lot in the past few years. Often we say we have faith for God to work in someone's life, and then we proceed to try to reason with them while continually being rejected. Going through discouragement at their rebellion and resistance to truth, we keep on doing the same old thing over and over again.

Albert Einstein once said;
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result."

When we see that we are being rejected and treated with contempt, it is time to move on, realizing that God is the only one who can reach people. We can only help those who want our help. God can do things in their lives that make them want His help. Our power is not in helping the rebellious, it is in prayer for God to do His Work in them, even they cannot avoid God entirely, He will get in the face of those who need it.

I now pray more than ever, that God will bring rebellious and stubborn hearts to their knees, His own way. I have known this for many years, but have had to revisit the principle from time to time, forgetting what I already knew. I guess I didn't want to let go, hoping against hope that eventually things will improve, however, until their hearts are changed by God, they will move nor further and will even regress.

Praise the Lord, He can sustain us while working His miracles in the lives of others.

Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

Romans 2:5 "But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed."

Our prayer ought to be that God reach them before it is too late for them. We know that there will be many who will never listen to even God. We have to leave all that to God while obeying Him as we walk along. He knows what to do and when to do it.

Psalm 81:12 "12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels."

Jeremiah 7:24 ""Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward."

We also must remember that there will be many times in these last days, that we will have to let go of relationships to obey God. That can be very painful if we harbor idols in the form of human beings in our hearts. If we place people above God, then we have an idol. The closer we are to Christ, the less pain in letting go of those who are in rebellion against Him.

My desire is to be pleasing to God, share my faith and keep moving when there is intense rejection of His principles.