ALL vs. all
What does ALL mean to you?
What does ALL mean to God?
Getting our minds to track
more with God’s idea of what all means will help us receive more of His truth and live out more of His
promises.
Many times throughout our
lives we’ve been told to “give it your all”, by those who, with all good intentions, want to encourage us on to
greater heights of success. Most of us know our limitations and will go as far
as our all will take us. Some can go beyond their all and surprise themselves, but our abilities will always fall short of the great
ability of God in Christ is us. That ability of His grace is limitless and will
never run out, for God is the source of ALL strength, and the fountain of ALL
life!
In the Gospels, Jesus Christ
ministered to many that were sick and demon possessed, and the Bible records
some of the tremendous miracles that he performed. John recalls that if they
were to write of ALL Jesus’ works ”the world itself could not contain the
books that should be written”. John
21:25
Yet when speaking of the
many healings that Jesus did, the Bible tells of ALL being delivered! And Jesus Always did the will of his Father, God!
Matthew
4:23
And
Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all
manner of disease among the people.
Matthew
12:15
But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed
him, and he healed them all;
And when commissioning his
twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all sickness, disease and spirits as well!
Matthew
10:1
And
when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against
unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
There is no distinction
here. Jesus healed all manner of
sickness and disease, and gave his disciples the same authority. The exception
only came when people refused to believe, and in their towns and villages Jesus
could not do “many mighty works”.
Matthew
13:58
And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
God’s original intent for
man was for him to be His representative here on earth, so God gave man
dominion over all the earth.
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth.
The idea that God would want
to heal and provide for all is
not new. When Israel left Egypt, the land of bondage, to enter into the
promised land, their new home, there was not one feeble knee among them,
meaning all were healed during
the atonement of the first Passover.
Psalm
105:37
He
brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble
person among their tribes.
It has always been God’s
desire that all be healed, and forgiven
of their sins, and to live before Him in righteousness.
David
praised God for His many benefits and encouraged the children of Israel to not
forget them.
Psalm
103:2,3
Bless
the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Who
forgiveth all thine iniquities,
who healeth all thy diseases.
God knows the benefit of
keeping His word in our hearts, and understanding the blessings that it
provides, He encourages us to keep them in the midst of our hearts so that they
will bring healing to all our
flesh!
Proverbs
4:20-23
My
son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let
them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For
they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Keep
thy heart with all diligence; for
out of it [are] the issues of life.
Can God reach all your flesh? Well if we rely on our own definition of all then the answer might be no, “how could He”? That is
when we put God into a box. But if we rely on God’s definition of all, the answer is simply “Yes”.
If simply by breathing in
Air into our lungs can bring Oxygen to every cell of our bodies, why cannot the
God who created our bodies brings healing and life to every cell simply by
keeping His Words as the center of our heart and thoughts!
To encourage one another to
believe the integrity of God’s Word starts with taking God at His Word. Why
would He use the word ALL if He did not mean ALL.
Jesus Christ took God at His
Word and believed in God’s definition of ALL!
Now he lives in us!
Matthew
19:26
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Mark
9:23
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Mark 14:36
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup
from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Let’s never define all by our own limited ability. Here are some other
verses that may need our definitions to be put aside so we can receive God’s
provision in every area of life and let God to be our all in all!
3
John 2
Beloved,
I wish above all things that thou
mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Philippians
4:19
But
my God shall supply all your need
according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
2
Corinthians 9:8
And
God is able to make all grace
abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every (all) good work:
Ephesians
3:20
Now
unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that
worketh in us
Ephesians
1:21-23
Far
above all principality, and power,
and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world,
but also in that which is to come:
And
hath put all things under his
feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Which
is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
(or,
which is his body the fullness of him that is all filling in all believers)
God has a great plan for our
lives, and that is to live in all
the fullness of Christ, every day, every moment of the day, from now and
throughout all time!
Let’s encourage one another
daily to live for Him in all we
say and do!
Colossians
3:16,17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one
another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord.
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the
Father by him.
