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“There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.” (Proverbs 21:30, NIV)

A reality check: God is all-powerful.

By our own estimation, we do so many things well; and we begin to think that that is the end of it. However, when we take God into account, things change.

Proverbs reminds us that our wisdom is no match for God; our insight is not match for God; and all of our plans are no match for God.

We do best to follow His wisdom, knowledge, and planning, lest we come to the end of our course and find embarrassment — rather than accolades — as our reward.

Commit your days and your ways to the Lord, and He will guard your path. – Luther

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“In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.” (Psalm 18:29, New Living Translation)

Because of our relationship with God, we ought to be both optimistic (or visionary) and powerful.

A vision without power is like an unplugged electrical appliance. Power without a vision is a recipe for disappointment.

Living each hour of our day in the strength of the Lord gives us both the vision and the power to “scale any wall.”

What walls that need to be scaled are facing you?

With God, all things are possible. – Luther

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“Jesus replied, ‘What is impossible with man is possible with God.'” (Luke 18: 27, NIV)

Make no mistake about it, there are impossibilities in this life. To act or to say otherwise is to risk doing ourselves, and those who get their cues from us, a great deal of harm.

Each day presents its own challenges, and we do well to weigh whether we have the time, the strength, the wisdom, the funds, or the alliances and allegiances to prevail. Doing so brings us to the point where we know, without a doubt, that if we are to succeed in the task before us, it must be “with God.”

Jesus reminds us today (as He did the disciples 2,000 years ago) that where we will utterly fail by ourselves; with God, we can achieve, succeed, and prevail.

The child of God is never — never — in the realm of impossibility when mindful of his/her heavenly Father. – Luther

Tagged God's power, possibilities, the book of Luke