“So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11).
“I’m quitting. I give up. I can’t take it any longer!” Rosemary said with a note of despair in her voice. “This is the worst group of…of…I don’t even want to call them children. They’re monsters! I can’t do this any longer. Tomorrow morning I’m going into the transportation office and turning in my resignation. I don’t care how those kids get to school. I’m done!” she concluded. “You surely may do this, Sweetheart, and I will support you totally,” her husband, Peter, said to her as he hugged her. Later that night in their couple’s devotions, they arrived at Ephesians 3:20, “Now to Him Who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.” She couldn’t get past that verse. “Roger, oh, Roger! I’m not so sure I ought to quit tomorrow. The director of transportation, the principal and even the superintendent know that I have a rough group. If the kids think they have won, they really will lose, won’t they? I need to give the Lord a chance to change their hearts because He is able to do much more than I can imagine,” she whispered to her husband. “I know, Honey. I knew all along, but I wanted you to decide,” Roger said as he took her hand. God’s Word accomplished what He wanted to do.
For today: You probably are expecting me to ask, “So how is God’s Word working in your life?” It will accomplish His purpose. However, we need to open it and read it for this to happen.