God Raises The Dead

Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
Acts 26:8

The question above was raised by Paul to King Agrippa as the apostle made his defense concerning the faith. It is a good question for us to ask ourselves. How often do we give in to worry? How often do we struggle with despair because a particular problem never seems to improve? Have we forgotten that our faith is founded upon the truth that God raises the dead?!! Heb 6:1-2 says this fact is one of the “elementary principles of Christ”, i.e. the doctrine of the resurrection is part of our Christian ABCs. The youngest Christian confesses it. Be do we believe and embrace it daily? How empowering it should be to KNOW that God raises the dead!!

If our God is that capable, is there any problem we face in which He cannot help? Jer 32:17 says emphatically, “No!” “Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.” A brother shared this verse with my wife years ago when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. As the depth of this verse hit home, cancer didn’t seem so big anymore. Ten years later, it’s clear that cancer is small potatoes for our mighty God!  What did our Lord say in Mar 10:27 when the disciples realized mankind’s inability? “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” Where we are limited, God is limitless–nothing is too hard for Him!

I pray this truth will encourage you today, dear soul. Whatever you’re facing as God’s child, He is FOR you, and, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom 8:31) Do you remember your desperate state before salvation? The weight of sin was crushed us. Every attempt to please God by doing the right thing and obeying His law eventually ended in failure. At every turn, our weakness was felt as we came up short of a righteous God’s requirement. But, “what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh…” (Rom 8:3) Our God saved us when we had no hope! (Eph 2:12-13) He spoke the universe into existence! He raises the dead! I think He can handle our little problems. 🙂 So, “Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God…” (Psa 42:5)

Jamie