Power for Abundant Living

The Power of Believingting the power of God. Jesus looked upon them withanger.28Verse 5,And when he had looked round about on themwith anger, being grieved for the hardness oftheir hearts, he saith unto the man [with thewithered hand], Stretch forth thine hand ....In an analysis of this section from Mark 3:1-5, thefirst thing we see is what is available. The commandstated what was available. The command was"Stretch forth thine hand." That appeared to be animpossibility because the man's hand was withered;he could not naturally stretch it forth. Yet Jesus saidto the man the withered hand,... Stretch forth thine hand. And he [the man]stretched it outThe man with the withered hand who had this tremendousneed, stretched out his hand. He did theimpossible. How? He believed. Believe is a verb and averb shows action. The man believed that what Jesussaid was God's will; therefore, he stretched his handforth. Once you have the promise of God, the "how"of receiving is to believe literally what that promisesays. It appeared impossible for the man to stretch