Human effort, no matter how mighty by our standards, is useless if not backed by the power of God. The power of God is infinite; we honestly do not understand the meaning or significance of this fact. All power we observe among humans is limited, less than infinite, so our brains can comprehend no more than the “concept” of infinite power. While limited powers influence or battle each other, infinite power fully controls and determines all limited powers; and it itself is not affected by the limited powers under it.
Simply put, this means that anything God purposes to do, He will do; and anything we purpose to do will be done only if God purposes to do it also. Therefore, if growth and change from this journal are not purposed by God, the infinite power, our effort, the limited power, will become powerless; but, if God purposes for our growth, the potential of our growth will be as limitless as His power. So what we should first do is pray and ask God to purpose to grow us in Him.
*Fast from sun-up to sun-down today, taking five minutes out of every hour to pray that God will prepare you and purpose to grow you through this journal. Pray with a different, specific topic each time (e.g. diligence, soft heart).
“Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming form ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
“Pray without ceasing.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit…”
- Ephesians 6:18a
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Wow, its gonna be another one of those days. I'm such a wimp (do people still use that word?) - Jesus fasted forty days, and we're doing it like a couple of hours. Well, the hunger is good - its there to remind us to refocus on God. I think it really helps.
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