From Reinhard Bonnke
If a one-thousand-ton block of iron had to be lifted by crane, how much could you help? Suppose you could get a grip on it and tried to heave and pull, what difference would you make? There would be no difference, and it wouldn't help.
What about lifting the whole world? That is a task for God, through the power of His atoning death and resurrection. "He's got the whole world in his hand". Do you think you can take the load off His shoulders? Does God have omnipotence and then need a little bit extra from you? Jesus said He had ALL power. (Matth 28,18) That's enough! You may just as well leave it to the power of God. "Cast your burden on the Lord." (Ps 55:22)
Does that mean that we should sit idle? By no means. Far from it. You have a privileged and important part to play. What is it? What do hoist-operators do? They don't attempt lifting heavy weights with their own hands, but neither do they hang around with their hands in their pockets. They know what to do and without them the load will never be lifted. They hook the load to the lifting machinery! That's what our job is also. Don't try to lift everybody's burden all by yourself. That is only what God can do. Getting too emotionally involved and trying to solve everybody's problems in endless hours of counseling, just as if you belonged to that family or were married to them, will kill you. Our simple task is to bring people to Jesus, and hook them to the lifting power of the Holy Spirit. The gospel is the power of God to lift the whole world. There is power, plenty of power, wonder-working power. Christ said so.
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