CPR

UV 3547/10000 CPR Both riches and honour come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand is power and might; and it is in Your hands to make great and to give strength to everyone. I Chronicles 29 v 12 The Lord is the One who blesses people with riches and honour. The reference is not just to material or monetary riches but spiritual riches, emotional riches, intellectual riches. When we humble ourselves before Him, He promises to uplift and honour us. His sovereign will prevails in our lives. He rules over us with His immense power and authority. He gives strength to face this life’s challenges to everyone who approaches Him. He gives us victories in our daily struggles. David offers this spontaneous praise towards the end of his career and his life. He had tasted of the Lord’s goodness and power for he had started life as a humble shepherd. But the Lord anointed him with power and grace to become a champion fighter against Goliath. Likewise, as we depend on Him, He gives us strength to slay our Goliaths. Despite His great achievements and victories, David humbles himself to acknowledge his own humble beginnings by asking, “ Who am I and what are our people that You should bless us so?” He realizes that whatever he has is only given by the Lord. The hands of the Lord are sufficient to raise us up. There is no honour that He is not able to confer if it is His will. There is no resource that He cannot give us if it is His desire. We only need to align with His will. Like a little compass’ s needle moves in accordance with the much larger magnetic field of the Earth, we need to move in the direction He indicates to us through the agency of the Holy Spirit. If we seek first or give top priority to the Lord and His work and word in our lives, there is nothing too difficult for us, every need of ours will be met in Him. Imagine that hands that were so powerful were allowed to be nailed empty handed to a cross and we will understand the dimensions and dynamics of the love of Christ as Creator, Protector-Provider and Redeemer (CPR). He who is so mighty and omnipotent made Himself powerless on the cross for the sake of humanity so that we become worthy of His riches, honour, power and might. He did it to confer greatness and honour and power on us, to share His divine power and character with His redeemed.