{"id":5193,"date":"2019-08-09T08:14:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2019-07-31T11:15:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T16:15:18","slug":"leaning-on-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2019\/08\/09\/leaning-on-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaning on God"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n\t

One of the greatest Illustrations of prayer that I have discovered is the devotional by John Piper entitled \u201cWe Can Do Nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Lord Jesus Christ said: in John 15:5, \u201cI am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suppose you are totally paralyzed and can do nothing for yourself but talk. And suppose a strong and reliable friend promised to live with you and do whatever you needed done. How could you glorify this friend if a stranger came to see you?<\/p>\n

Would you glorify his generosity and strength by trying to get out of bed and carry him? No! You would say, \u201cFriend, please come lift me up, and would you put a pillow behind me so I can look at my guest? And would you please put my glasses on for me?\u201d<\/p>\n

And so your visitor would learn from your requests that you are helpless and that your friend is strong and kind. You glorify your friend by needing him, and by asking him for help, and counting on him.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0John 15:5<\/a>, Jesus says, \u201cApart from me you can do nothing.\u201d So, we really are paralyzed. Without Christ, we are capable of no Christ-exalting good. As Paul says in\u00a0Romans 7:18<\/a>, \u201cNothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.\u201d<\/p>\n

But\u00a0John 15:5<\/a>\u00a0also says that God does intend for us to do much Christ-exalting good, namely bear fruit: \u201cWhoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit.\u201d So as our strong and reliable friend \u2014 \u201cI have called you friends\u201d (John 15:15<\/a>) \u2014 he promises to do for us, and through us, what we can\u2019t do for ourselves.<\/p>\n

How then do we glorify him? Jesus gives the answer in\u00a0John 15:7<\/a>: \u201cIf you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.\u201d We\u00a0pray!<\/em>\u00a0We ask God to do for us through Christ what we can\u2019t do for ourselves \u2014 bear fruit.<\/p>\n

John 15:8<\/a>\u00a0gives the result: \u201cBy this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n

So how is God glorified by prayer? Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that he will provide the help we need.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

So, my prayer is that each of us will lean and rely on our Lord in prayer for Him to do in us and through us all that we can never do without His powerful anointing of the Holy Spirit!<\/p>\n

Warren W. Wiersbe says, \u201cWhen God wants to accomplish something, He calls dedicated men and women to challenge His people and lead the way.\"<\/p>\n

May God grant that we as Discipleship Ministries workers dedicate ourselves to lead the way!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":5192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[940,16,1151,1152,1153,1122],"class_list":{"0":"post-5193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boys-ministries","8":"category-general","9":"tag-940","10":"tag-discipleship","11":"tag-dr-ron-moore","12":"tag-john-piper","13":"tag-leaning-on-god","14":"tag-steadfast-in-prayer","15":"entry"},"title_es":"Apoy\u00e1ndose en Dios","content_es":"

Una de las mejores ilustraciones de oraci\u00f3n que he descubierto es el devocional de John Piper titulado "No podemos hacer nada". <\/p>

\u201cNuestro Se\u00f1or Jesucristo dijo: en Juan 15: 5,\u201c Yo soy la vid; ustedes son las ramas Quienquiera que est\u00e9 en m\u00ed y yo en \u00e9l, \u00e9l es el que da mucho fruto, porque aparte de m\u00ed no puedes hacer nada ". <\/p>

Supongamos que est\u00e1 totalmente paralizado y no puede hacer nada por s\u00ed mismo excepto hablar. Y supongamos que un amigo fuerte y confiable prometi\u00f3 vivir contigo y hacer lo que sea que necesitaras. \u00bfC\u00f3mo podr\u00edas glorificar a este amigo si un extra\u00f1o viene a verte? <\/p>

\u00bfGlorificar\u00edas su generosidad y fuerza al tratar de levantarte de la cama y cargarlo? \u00a1No! Usted dir\u00eda: \u201cAmigo, por favor, ven a levantarme y \u00bfpondr\u00edas una almohada detr\u00e1s de m\u00ed para que pueda mirar a mi invitado? \u00bfY podr\u00edas por favor ponerte mis lentes por m\u00ed? <\/p>

Y as\u00ed, su visitante aprender\u00eda de sus solicitudes que est\u00e1 indefenso y que su amigo es fuerte y amable. Glorifica a su amigo al necesitarlo, al pedirle ayuda y al contar con \u00e9l. <\/p>

En Juan 15: 5<\/a> , Jes\u00fas dice: "Aparte de m\u00ed no puedes hacer nada". Entonces, realmente estamos paralizados. Sin Cristo, no somos capaces de exaltar el bien de Cristo. Como dice Pablo en Romanos 7:18<\/a> , "Nada bueno habita en m\u00ed, es decir, en mi carne". <\/p>

Pero Juan 15: 5<\/a> tambi\u00e9n dice que Dios tiene la intenci\u00f3n de que hagamos mucho bien que exalta a Cristo, es decir, dar fruto: "El que permanece en m\u00ed y yo en \u00e9l, \u00e9l es el que da mucho fruto". As\u00ed como nuestro fuerte y confiable amigo - "Los he llamado amigos" ( Juan 15:15<\/a> ) - \u00e9l promete hacer por nosotros y, a trav\u00e9s de nosotros, lo que no podemos hacer por nosotros mismos. <\/p>

\u00bfC\u00f3mo entonces lo glorificamos? Jes\u00fas da la respuesta en Juan 15: 7<\/a> : \u201cSi permaneces en m\u00ed y mis palabras permanecen en ti, pide lo que quieras, y se har\u00e1 por ti\u201d. \u00a1 Oramos!<\/em> Le pedimos a Dios que haga por nosotros a trav\u00e9s de Cristo lo que no podemos hacer por nosotros mismos: dar fruto. <\/p>

Juan 15: 8<\/a> da el resultado: "Por esto mi Padre es glorificado, que llevas mucho fruto". <\/p>

Entonces, \u00bfc\u00f3mo es Dios glorificado por la oraci\u00f3n? La oraci\u00f3n es la admisi\u00f3n abierta de que sin Cristo no podemos hacer nada. Y la oraci\u00f3n es alejarnos de nosotros mismos hacia Dios con la confianza de que \u00c9l nos proporcionar\u00e1 la ayuda que necesitamos ". <\/p>

\u2014\u2014\u2014 <\/p>

Entonces, mi oraci\u00f3n es que cada uno de nosotros se incline y conf\u00ede en nuestro Se\u00f1or en oraci\u00f3n para que \u00c9l haga en nosotros y a trav\u00e9s de nosotros todo lo que nunca podemos hacer sin Su poderosa unci\u00f3n del Esp\u00edritu Santo. <\/p>

Warren W. Wiersbe dice: "Cuando Dios quiere lograr algo, llama a hombres y mujeres dedicados a desafiar a su pueblo y liderar el camino". <\/p>

\u00a1Que Dios conceda que nosotros, como trabajadores del Ministerio de Discipulado, nos dediquemos a liderar el camino! <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","author_name":"Dr. Ron Moore","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/BM-Q3.2-Article-Graphic-Moore-e1564589525629.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-1lL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}