Devotional Message

Can you trust God’s power rather than your own human effort? This verse follows the story of the rich young ruler walking away from Jesus’s call to sell everything. Despite his wealth and rule-following, the young ruler couldn’t save himself. The disciples were shocked, realizing if even a ‘good person’ who follows all the rules can’t be saved, who possibly can?

Jesus’s response is profound yet simple—salvation isn’t something we can achieve through our own efforts. No human can meet God’s perfect standard through their own power. But what is impossible with man is possible with God—He makes salvation possible when we cannot. There are many areas in our lives that feel humanly impossible—often seen in health challenges, financial burdens, relationship dynamics, or life events that make us question how we will ever get through. But those are the precise moments where God reveals Himself to each of us—where we’re being invited to trust in His power rather than exerting more of our human effort, force, or control.

When we move away from self-reliance and hand our problems, worries, or troubles to God, we begin to rely not on ourselves but on Him. Our trust doesn’t need to be in our limited capabilities, but fully in God who can do the impossible—just like how He walked on water, multiplied the loaves and fish, or raised the dead to life. The next time we face what seems like an impossible mountain before us, we can turn to God and say with confidence, ‘With You, all things are possible. I trust that You will handle what I cannot.’

Let’s Pray

Dear God, everything in my life feels like an impossible mountain that I will never be able to conquer. I’ve been relying solely on myself, and because of that, the weight I’m carrying is heavy, stressful, and full of anxiety. But I know you. I know your unlimited power and that all things are possible with you.

So today, I’m handing my impossible situations over to you. Allow me to put my trust solely in what you have the power to change, and help me release the human limitations that make me feel otherwise. Thank you for the gift of salvation, the greatest example that what is impossible with man is possible with you. Just as you make eternal life possible, I trust you can make a way through my present challenges. Amen.

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