He can not, He will not

This morning I was doing some reading and studying. Leave is to Beth Moore to make the Lord's word come alive in my heart. What a servant and true woman of the Lord, seeking Him alone and taking others with her on this journey.

In the Esther bible study of Beth Moore, she points out something that should be very obvious to any Christian, but not me. haha! Sometimes I need the obvious to be pointed out.

How many times do we see, in the Old Testament, that Satan tries to destroy God's people? Many times, probably more than I know or could even find in Scripture. This morning, I was reading about Haman and Mordecai and how there was a plot to destroy them. Mordecai's gallows were being made. The following statement brought a renewed sense of confidence to me:

"If the Jews has been annihilated, the promised SAvior could not have come from its bloodline" (Beth MOore, Esther study)

At first my belief in God's sovereignty said "nope, that's not true, the Lord would have found another way. The truth is, this is the "other way." God was constantly able and choose to save His people so that His son could come thru this bloodline. Satan thought he found a foothold but God is bigger than footholds.

Then Beth points out this Scripture:

".... if we are faithless,

he remains faithful, for he can not deny Himself" (2 Timothy 2:13)

He can not deny Himself. How powerful. What a promise! We can cling to that. We can cling to the fact that the Lord not only will not but he can not deny Himself. That would contrary to His nature!

Take confidence in this. Take confidence in Him, and all that He is. We can take confidence in His promises but first take confidence in Him, Him alone!