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“They reserved a table for twelve at the Restaurant of the Rotten Day.”

A thought by Max Lucado from his book, Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours (p. 74). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

The twelve Apostles were having a rotten day.  They had a whole bunch of people who had been sitting on a hillside listening to Jesus for a long time and the people were getting hungry.  And the Apostles were becoming frustrated because they had a problem and didn’t know what to do.   Maybe that is you today.

Max says, “How unnecessary! If your father were Bill Gates and your computer broke, where would you turn? If Stradivari were your dad and your violin string snapped, to whom would you go? If your father is God and you have a problem on your hands, what do you do?"

Max goes on, “Scripture tells us what to do: 

“Is your problem too large? ‘God…is able…to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think’ (Ephesians 3:20 nlt).

“Is your need too great? ‘God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance’ (2 Corinthians 9:8 rsv).

“Is your temptation too severe? ‘[God] is able to help us when we are being tested’ (Hebrews 2:18 nlt).

“Are your sins too numerous? ‘He is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him’ (Hebrews 7:25 nlt).

“Is your future too frightening? ‘God…is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault’ (Jude 24 nlt).

“Is your enemy too strong? ‘[God] is able even to subdue all things to Himself’ (Philippians 3:21 nkjv).

Max says, “Make these verses a part of your daily diet. God is able to accomplish, provide, help, save, keep, subdue…. He is able to do what you can’t. He already has a plan. Regarding the hungry crowd, ‘Jesus already knew what he planned to do’ (John 6:6 ncv). God’s not bewildered. Go to him.”

So will you do that with that problem that is causing you to have a rotten day?  Will you go to him?  Will you?


Yes, yes!
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