The Phaneroo Devotion: God’s Need Versus Man’s Need
Apostle Grace Lubega
Genesis 17:1–2 (NKJV): “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.’”
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There is often a profound contrast between what man perceives as his greatest need and what God wants to do in the man. Man’s focus is almost always on his current limitations, his failures, or his immediate problems: the barrenness, the lack, or the brokenness of his present reality. God’s desire, on the other hand, is to call forth the greatness in the man regardless of his current circumstances.
If He must use a man or work through him, God does not dwell on that man’s weaknesses; He comes to reveal and amplify what He has deposited in him. For example, when God appeared to Abraham in his old age, He did not come to dissect Abraham’s childlessness as a mere man would expect. Instead, God addressed the potential of greatness in him. When God encountered Gideon, He did not dwell on his fear and doubts; He declared, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!” (Judges 6:12).
While you may be consumed by the weight of your struggles, God looks past your weaknesses and locks His gaze upon the divine substance He placed within your spirit. He speaks to that greatness because in it is the answer to your problem. Stop defining yourself by your limitations. Shift your focus from what you lack to the divine capacity God has breathed into you, and let His strength rise above your weakness!
FURTHER STUDY: Judges 6:12–14, 1 Samuel 16:7
GOLDEN NUGGET: Stop defining yourself by your limitations. Shift your focus from what you lack to the divine capacity God has breathed into you, and let His strength rise above your weakness!
PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank You for Your Word. I choose to look above any problems and limitations. Today, I open my heart to hear Your voice speaking to what You have placed in me. Your divine capacity finds full expression through my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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