04.05.04

Today’s devotional was written by Dr. Walker Moore who is president of AweStar Ministries in Tulsa, P. O. Box 470265, Tulsa 74147. You may contact Walker at walker@awestar.org or 800.293.7827. Visit their website at www.awestar.org.

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13.

We are all born with this incredible gift of potential. Somehow along the road of life, good meaning, well-intentioned people stifle that creativity. Just look into a church nursery and see the creativity that goes on. One of the blessings from God that I had were parents who let me be creative. I was one of those children who took things apart and could not get them back together. My room was littered with piles of things that used to be something else. I was the child who wanted to see what the inside of my grandfather's "bee-house" looked like. I now know, and I was only stung 122 times to gain that knowledge. I have done a lot of things in life and yet there is so much I want to experience. But much of my life I have failed. Failing is a good thing if it moves you one step closer to discovering your potential. Many of the benefits we enjoy today have come out of someone else's failures. I have had some great ideas, but upon closer examination realized that they would not work.

I thought about writing a book on "How to Read." Or create a compact, inflatable dartboard. You can take it anywhere. Blow it up and; oh, there's the problem. What if I could develop "powdered water" for third world countries? The only problem I have not solved is what you add to the powder. Then there was the idea I had for a helicopter ejector seat. I bet it would be hard to find a test pilot for it. But one of these days I am going to succeed. Even a blind hog can stumble onto an acorn. The Scriptures tell us we can do ALL things through Christ. If that is not reason enough for me to keep on trying I do not know what it is.

Encourage your child's creativity and encourage them to use it for the Kingdom. I have worked in Amsterdam many times. I have preached to the drug addicts and witnessed to the prostitutes. To this day I have never led anyone of them to Christ. It seems as if the Holy Spirit was not present. Then one day I heard a that a number of the prostitutes had come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and had returned back to their homes and families. I wanted to know how God was doing this great work. I was shocked when I discovered that a manicurist had caused the great revival. This young lady wanted to use her talents for the kingdom of God. After much prayer she felt led to go into the red light district of Amsterdam and offer the prostitutes free manicures. While doing their nails, she loved on them and shared with them the good news of Jesus Christ. Who would have ever thought that God would use a manicurist to set the captives free? A creative manicurist who believed that she could do all things through Christ and did.

Prayer: Dear Father, I use to dream dreams but somewhere along the way reality has stolen it from me. Help me to realize that I can do all things through Christ. That I can raise wonderful, creative, Christ like children. If you look at them now you would say that is impossible. Because of you the impossible is reality. Amen.