YES HE CAN!

Psalm 78:19 NET
They insulted God, saying, “Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?

Dear Believer,

God’s is absolutely omnipotent. He possesses superlative abilities. We know this in our spirits, and that’s one of the reasons we are Believers.

However, because we are still in the ‘days of our flesh,’ our interactions with the physical world, and the constant use of our intellect may get many of us into a a place where we begin to ascribe man’s weaknesses and limitations to God.

You have or had a human father. As a Believer, you have a heavenly Father too. Now, both of them are fathers to you. The issue is, your mind can be tricked at some point to start seeing both fathers in the same way. The carnal mind starts attributing the limitations of the earthly father to the heavenly Father.

But they aren’t the same. Your earthly father didn’t create the world, neither is he omnipotent. He has many weaknesses. Your heavenly Father has no weaknesses that can negatively affect you.

Israel was in the wilderness. God broke them out of slavery with a powerful hand. They saw the hand of God in everything, but as humans, they sometimes started to think of God as an earthly father who may forget his child or get too busy or even neglect them.

For this reason they said things about Jehovah that they shouldn’t have even allowed to cross their minds.

When they were hungry, they doubted the ability of God to feed them in the wilderness. They couldn’t imagine how He could get food for the millions of them in a place where water was lacking and food didn’t grow.

It is true that human fathers couldn’t do that. There were very many fathers among them, and they could never do that. They brought God to the same level as a weak, irresponsible or neglectful earthly father.

What was God’s response to this? How did He feel about it?

Psalm 78:21-22 NET
When the LORD heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel, because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.

It is an insult to God when a man doubts his ability. It is double insult when you doubt His willingness to help His own children.

“Can God give us food in the wilderness?” they said. Today many believers are insulting the loving God. “Can God heal me?” “Can God change my situation?” “Can God still give me a child?” and so on.

How could the God of the whole earth bring them to the wilderness and abandon them? How can God bring you this far and put you to shame?

He is your God. And He is YOUR heavenly Father, remember.

Declare His ability. Never be ashamed to declare His power and ascribe greatness to Him, just as Moses did.

Deuteronomy 32:3-4 KJV
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

And you will experience His might.

Have a great day.

Your friend,
Deon.