God is Able! 1 Samuel 11

Last week we looked at the situation in Jabesh, and how in that scenario there are pictures of how Satan will use certain tactics to destroy us: 

• He looks for weakness
• He asks permission to work in our lives
• He’ll try and intimidate us

And we learned that if we let our guard down, and allow him access into our life, and cave in to his intimidation, the result is always the same: He brings pain and affliction into our lives, and he uses that to humiliate us and exalt himself over us. A tough place to be no matter how you slice it!

But that is not where we have to stay… we serve a gracious God, and a mighty God, a God that is always willing and able (note the song connection!) to step in on our behalf and SAVE US!  One of the songs we’ll sing this Sunday says it all:

God is able / He will never fail

He is Almighty God

Greater than all we seek / Greater than all we ask

He has done great things

Lifted up He / defeated the grave

Raised to life / our God is able

In His Name / we overcome

For the Lord our God is able

God is with us / God is on our side

He will make a way

Far above all we know / Far above all we hope

He has done great things

God is with us / He will go before

He will never leave us / He will never leave us

God is for us / He has open arms

He will never fail us / He will never fail us

(God is Able, Hillsong United)

In other words, no matter what situation we get ourselves into, no matter how far from God we run, no matter how deep the hole, God is able and willing:

To restore marriages…

To break the bonds of addictions…

To heal the broken hearted…

To heal the sick…

He is with us…

He is for us…

He will never leave us…

His arms are always open wide, ready to receive us!

Join us Sunday morning, 9 & 11, as we walk through 1 Samuel 11, God is Able!

... till the whole world hears,

Pastor Clay