God's Power

God didn’t make King Hezekiah strong to defeat the Assyrians. God defeated them himself! This is a great example of EXTERNAL power.

Hezekiah lived about 2,700 years ago but I believe that what was true for him is true for us. God gives EXTERNAL power today just as much as he did in Hezekiah’s life. But he gives this power to people who are following him and trusting him. He doesn’t give power to people who are forgetting about him and disobeying him.

Let’s go back to Jane. Can God help her with EXTERNAL power? Let’s suppose she has an interview at a university in a couple of weeks’ time. She can ask God to give her favour and open a door for her.

Remember, God helps those who are faint. He’s very powerful, and he’s a very good Father!

CONCLUSION

I’d like to end with a little true story. A little over a week ago President Trump welcomed President Zelenskyy to the White House. Trump told Zelenskyy: ‘You’re in a very bad position. You don’t have the cards right now … Your country is in big trouble … If you didn’t have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks.’

What Trump said might be true. But it’s only true on one condition: that God is not helping Ukraine. If God IS helping Ukraine, then those things are NOT true. If God is helping Ukraine, the situation for Ukraine isn’t hopeless at all.

I doubt very much that we’ll ever be in the situation Zelenskyy was in a week or so ago. But perhaps one day we’ll think about some situation and say to ourselves, ‘It’s hopeless. It’s a lost cause. I may as well accept defeat.’ If such a time comes, let’s remember God. Yes, God’s power is invisible. But it’s just as real as any of the other powers and it’s more powerful than any other power.

God helps those who are faint. So, if we’re facing a crisis, let’s do what Hezekiah and Isaiah did and ask him for his help. And even when we aren’t in a crisis, let’s go to God to seek his power. We’re ALL weak. We all need it.

TALK GIVEN AT ROSEBERY PARK BAPTIST CHURCH, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, UK, SUNDAY 9TH MARCH 2025, 10.30 A.M. SERVICE