God Can

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that God can, He is most certainly and surely the God of miracles. I am totally and utterly convinced of His incredible power and ability to speak the whole world into existence. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧. Absolutely, He can. Sadly, sometimes I tune into the enemies lies and a flicker of doubt begins to creep into my mind. The thought that perhaps He is unwilling, perhaps because of my past sin, this is what I deserve!

If these thoughts cross your mind too, you are certainly not alone. In 2 Samuel 15-18, we find King David, the man after God’s heart, in some serious trouble. His own son was leading what appeared to be a successful rebellion against him. His friends deserted him, many telling him that this is what he deserved! King David was downcast, it seemed as though his troubles may overtake him. In his pain, he cried out to God, “𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅.” Psalm 3:2

Spurgeon said; “𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥.”

But David goes on in the very next verse; “𝑩𝑼𝑻 𝒀𝒐𝒖, 𝑶 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆, 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅.” Deep inside David, and deep inside you, was the knowledge that God would indeed come to his rescue and raise him up. The Great I Am would be his protector and shield him from the attack of his enemy. The Mighty God would be faithful and lift up his head.

‘Lifter’ in Hebrew is “𝐫𝐮𝐰𝐧” meaning: 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩, 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱, 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨! Even in his despair, David knew His God and he began to cry out and declare that the Lord would lift his head and he would see the mighty hand of God move on his behalf.

We all know what happened to David’s son, Absalom. He was found hanging in a terebinth tree with 3 spears thrust through his heart! The enemy of the God of Israel and King David was defeated. Sometimes we need to take this lesson from David’s life and begin to declare victory over our circumstances, to grow up a little and allow the Lord to lift our downcast heads, to open our eyes and see that yes, our God is not only able but He is willing. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲!