Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
It stuns one to think of the consequences of this question: Does the Lord need us to do things for Him which He cannot do for Himself?
We think of Him as omnipotent—the word means ability to do anything and everything.
But even though that is the meaning of the word “omnipotent,” it’s obvious that there are some things the Lord cannot do, much as He may try: He cannot change the heart of a sinner who refuses His much more abounding grace.
In the beginning when “there was war in heaven [when] Michael and His angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; nether was their place found any more in heaven” (Rev. 12:7, 8), the “omnipotent” Lord could not change the rebellious hearts of Lucifer and his angels. Neither can He do so today.
It follows that people who choose to obey the fallen Lucifer and his fallen angels also have rebellious hearts that God cannot force; no angel can preach to those people as effectively as can a fallen sinner who has repented and is “reconciled to God by the death of His Son” (Rom. 5:10).
Such a reconciled sinner can do things for the Lord that He cannot do for Himself. For example:
A prominent Ethiopian was riding in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah but couldn’t understand it. The Lord loved him and wanted to help him; so what did the Lord do? He impressed His servant Philip, “Go near and join thyself to this chariot” (in other words, hitchhike; Acts 8:27-30). Philip obeyed.
It stuns one to realize the truth: the Holy Spirit needed Philip! What does He need you and me to do today?
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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