BenjaminGen Devotional (September 11)

Robin Gunawan

Introduction

Everyone here faces challenges of some sorts every day. Some challenges we can conquer easier than others, but there are also some which we struggle with. I believe that what God wants us to know is this:

In areas where we are not able to do much, His superabounding grace will give us strength to conquer.

I am not sure if this is true for some or all of us, but God actually uses us the most in the very area of our weaknesses!

Joseph Prince - A Stutterer Turned into An international
Conference Speaker

Joseph Prince is a pastor used by God mainly to preach the Gospel of Grace.. There has been many occasions where Pastor Prince shared on his high school experience as a stutterer. He said that he was so bad at public speaking, that he “couldn’t begin to stutter!”He shared on how one of his high school teachers would always call him out in class to answer questions, and his face would turn red at those occasions because of the embarrassment of not being able to speak well in front of his classmates.

Now, he is a highly-sought after international conference speaker, where he preaches the Gospel in front of tens of thou- sands of people.If you’ve watched a video or listened to an audio message of his, you wouldn’t be able to tell that this man was once a stutterer!

One day, another teacher from his high school school days came to his church one day and left a note for him at the end of the service. The message say, “this is God.” All glory to God!

Jesus Heals A Man of Infirmity

In the book of John, there is a story of a man who was bound with infirmity for 38 years. Back in
those days, there was a pool called Bethseda and whoever steps into the pool first whenever the angels stirred the waters, he/she would be healed of any disease. This man was not healed even though he wants to simply because no one was willing to help him, and he was most likely unable to do it himself. After 38 long years of trying to immerse in the pool, Jesus came along, and healed him instantly! The Man of Grace came to Bethseda (Hebrew: House of Grace) and healed the man of infirmity. God’s open hand of grace can help us achieve in an instant what takes ages to achieve in the natural!

Conclusion

No matter how tough or seemingly impossible our situation is, God’s grace will supernaturally turn that circumstance around to our favor, if we are willing to lay that problem down at His feet and let His grace work amazing wonders in our lives!