Maybe there's a situation or person in your life you know needs to come under the loving change brought by God the Spirit. You pray and pray and pray (maybe for years) for these changes to take place. You try everything you know to see the changes made. Your intentions are good and you want God glorified, but nothing seems to work. Finally, in a state of depression and failure you say,

“I can't go any deeper...I have no more resource...I'm emotionally, spiritually and physically exhausted and feel lost. I know my Lord is with me and I go to Him for strengthening and comfort. I've gone to the depth of my well and it's dry.”

Here's where today's Truth Matters provides us with a much needed insight...namely, our “well” is not where the answer is. Jesus does not go deep into our “well” with us to drudge up answers. No. Our help must come from above not at the bottom of our “well.”

If we only see our Lord as a comforter or strengthener in our attempts to see needed spiritual change, we miss a very important point...that is, God's wisdom and His power is what will bring about change...and that is from above not down deep in our “well.” Our approach must be to affirm God's omnipotence. Trust in His working.

I guess a lot of our lack of faith comes from our expectations of what we want to see happening. Compounded on that is our impatience with God...we want to see it happening now. We see our “wells” of desire, processes, and fixes as to how God will work. What He wants, is for us to depend and have confidence in His power...to depend on His timing...to know He has purposes beyond which we have understanding but will bring honor and glory to His name. We must not depend upon our “wells”...they will run dry. We must look to almighty God from which our help will come.

My prayer for you and me this day is this...Lord, You've told us to put our cares and anxieties on You (1 Peter 5:7; Matthew 11:28). We lose sight of that. Please remind us of this every day. Amen

Walk with the King today and be a blessing.