Memorise: "And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham" (Matt 3:9)
Read: Matthew 3:7-9
"But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members" (Romans 7:23).
In Romans 7:15-25, Paul talks of the ongoing battle he was caught up in. Inside him was an ongoing war. It was a winner takes all situation. If he lost, he would be enslaved to his flesh permanently. But thank God he was able to get a reliable ally - the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave him the victory. Are you having problems with the flesh? Run to the Lord today!
Moreover, another form of battle is failure. Anyone who fails usually returns home in sorrow. Failure robs you of the right to move to the next level. Yet, some people have experienced failure several times. In the military, it is acceptable practice to employ the aid of allies particularly when fighting a battle you cannot win on your own. When afflicted with a sickness you cannot handle alone, you would meet a medical doctor as an ally to fight against the sickness. Jesus confirms that the sick needs a physician as an ally to overcome sickness (Matt 9:12). Unfortunately, the doctor is limited. There is a limit beyond which a doctor cannot be useful to his patient. For instance, the woman with the issue of blood sought an ally in doctors and moved from one to another, yet, her efforts were futile. In fact, instead of a positive turn, she got worse until she made the Prince of Peace her ally. By mere touching the fringe of His garment, she won her battle against sickness.
Medical doctors are the mechanics of the human body and we thank God for the wonderful work they are doing. However, it is obvious that whenever a mechanic cannot repair a part of a car, he looks for the spare part. The Prince of Peace is your Maker. He has the spares of any part of your body. Are you in need of a bodily spare part? The Lord will give it to you today. In the same way, the barren looks up to the doctor as an ally to fight barrenness. But sometimes, after the specialist has examined the woman and her husband, he would declare all is well, yet, the baby is not forth coming. At other times, such human ally would say the womb is in a bad shape or that the man cannot produce children. But Matthew 3:9 says God can raise children out of stones - dead wombs. Are you barren? As you make Jesus Christ your ally and rest in Him, He will raise children out of stones for you. For a user of this Devotional, this will be your portion this season in Jesus' Name.
Father, be my ally in all the battles of life confronting me.
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