You can Count on the Lord

Have you ever been given an IMPOSSIBLE assignment?  
It happens to all of us on our jobs lately because of the economy.   
Employers are wanting their employees to do the work of two or three employees but still pay them what they would pay one worker.   
Does this sound familiar to you?   
You are given a task that you have no ability on your own to accomplish.  
As Christians we are given an impossible assignment from the Lord.   We really do not have the ability within ourselves to accomplish it.   Unfortunately, there will be those who will not measure up to the criteria that the Lord is looking for.
     “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.  All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.  And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.  Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;  I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?  When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?  Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’  And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:  for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;  I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’  “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’  Matt 25:31-44

God never calls us to do something impossible without giving us the equipment to accomplish the assignment.   Faithful is HE that has called you, who also will do it.  1 Thess 5:24    How will He do it ?   Through the person of the Holy Spirit.   Jesus knew that we would never be able to complete the assignment of being Christlike without the power of the Holy Spirit.    
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 1 Cor 10:13   The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment.  2 Peter 2:9 

The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him,and delivers them. The righteous cry, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.  The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit.  Many are the afflictions of the righteous: the the Lord delivers them out of them all.  Psalm 34:7,17-19
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jer 29:11

 Jesus knew that we were going to need help so he commanded the disciples saying " I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high.” Luke 24:49

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”  When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”  And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.  John 20:19-22

The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.  And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.  
Rom 8:26-27

Without the help of the Holy Spirit we cannot expect to accomplish anything for the Lord.  We need HIS power within us so we don't get worn out and burned out.   There are many christians today who are doing their best to try and accomplish something for the Lord in their own strength and abilities.  They don't realize that the mission can only be accomplished by those who are equipped for the job.  This equipment can only be accomplished when a person desires to receive HIM.  He is the blessed third person of the trinity.  He is a gentleman.  He will not go where HE is not welcomed.   Welcome HIM today and Receive HIM into your heart and HE will give you everything you need to accomplish the plan and purpose of God in your life!   

What does the Lord Require?

Matt 7:22-23 “Many will say to Me in that day, Lord , Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you, depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!  Lawlessness is direct rebellion to the Holy Spirit.  You cannot fulfill the will of the Heavenly Father if you do not abide by His commands. 

 John 15:12 “ This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.” 10 “ If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.”  17 “These things I command you, that you love one another.”   

1 Cor 13: 2 “ And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge: and though I have all faith, so that I could move mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.”  The love of the Lord requires action.  It requires us to do something. 

Luke 6:46 “ But why do you call me Lord, Lord and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to me, and hears my sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like:  He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on rock.  And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that houseand could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.  But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently: and immediately it fell and the ruin of that house was great.”  

 Romans 2:13 “ For not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God but the doers of the law will be justified.”  We see here that it seems to suggest that there must be an act of doing something.  Jesus had a job to do when he was in this earth and so do we.      

John 17:4 “ I have glorified you on the earth.  I have finished the work which you have given me to do.”  He too was required by God to do works.  
 James 2:14 “ What does it profit, my brethren if someone says he has faith but does not have works? “ Have you ever encountered an individual who professed themselves to be a Christian and yet the vile hurtful things that they speak out of their mouths is a contradiction?   They are hearing the word and all the while they are deceiving themselves into thinking that simply because they hear it they don't have to apply it and live according to it.   

Jer 9:8 “Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speak deceit :one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays his wait.”  They might speak words that are so nice to you to your fact and yet inwardly their heart is wicked and they are just waiting for the opportunity to hurt you.   

The commandment that Jesus gave is so simple to love one another even as He has loved us and yet its so hard for some individuals because their hearts are full of bitterness, unforgiveness, malice and hatred.  Sometimes you can almost see what is in their hearts manifest on their facial expressions.   

 Jer 15:19 “ Therefore thus saith the Lord, if thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth:” The Lord was saying that if you repent of the iniquity of your mouth that he would once again bring you into a covenant relationship with him.  He wants us to remove the bitter words of slander, complaining, doubt and unbelief and replace it with words of faith, hope and encouragement.   

James 3:2-6 “For in many things we offend all.  If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.  Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.  Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.  Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.  Behold,how great a matter a little fire kindleth!  And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”  Here we see that the tongue is able to defile the whole body of Christ.

In the Old Testament King David knew the serverity of coming up against God’s anointed.  He would not speak against Saul or raise his hand against him.   

1 Sam 24:6  “And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.” Verse 10 “Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed.”  We must be careful about what we speak out of our mouths concerning the Lord’s anointed. 

Matt 12:34-37 “O generation of vipers, how can ye being evil, speak good things?  For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.  A good man out of the good treasure of heart bringeth forth good things:  and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.  But I say unto you, that every word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”  Matt 15: 11 “ Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.” 

 

Matt 15: 17-20 “Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the drought?  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: these are the things which defile a man:”  It is interesting that Jesus mentions false witness as a thing coming out a man’s mouth that defiles him. 

Even the ones who were chosen to be used mightily by God were purged of the iniquity of their lips first. 

 Isaiah 6:6-7 “ Then flew one of the seraphins unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the alter: and he laid it upon thy mouth, and said, lo this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and they sin purged.

Prov 16:23 “The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.”

If we are committed to keeping the command of the Lord of loving one another even as He has loved us then we must learn to bridle our tongues and determining to keep our hearts pure.  

Memorial to Rev Earl Worley

Memorial

REVERAND  EARL ROY WORLEY, (deceased)

1934 ~ 2014   Age 80

Son of WWI Medal of Honor Awardee Cleaburn James Worley & Elizabeth {Randles-Dickens} Worley  Brother of: Lilly Mae Worley Hock, Edgar "Ed" Lee Worley, Joyce Worley Katz 
Husband to: 
Marilyn Anne Foster Worley

Dad to: Steven Mark, Michael Foster, Paul Edgar Son-In-Law of {Sir} Arthur Wheatley Foster; Jewel Irene Cocker

Visitation will be held at Baue Funeral Homes Friday from 4 pm- 8pm  636-946-7811  I 70  and Cave Springs  3950 W. Clay   Saint Charles, MO 63301  --Donations and Flowers may be sent here....all donations will go to the "Youth in Need"  organization that Earl founded.  

The Funeral will be held at Saint Charles First Assembly of God 10 am on Saturday

4750 N. Service Road  Saint Peters, MO  636-936-1912 

VARIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LIFE

"A Life of Service to GOD & Mankind"

1951 ~ 2001

Youth Pastored/ Saint Louis ICFG Church, St. Louis, MO*

*[while taking correspondence courses thru LIFE Bible College two years]

Co-Pioneer/Plant ICFG Church, Mehlville, MO

Pioneer/Planted New Church, ICFG Denomination: Pratt Kansas

 Pastored ICFG Church, Neosho,

 

Pastored ICFG Church, Joplin, MO

Pioneer/Planted ICFG Church, Saint Charles, MO (1st)

Pastored ICFG Church, Mc Pherson, Kansas

Pastored ICFG Church, Overland, MO [2 different times}

Pastored ICFG Church, Saint Joseph, MO

Interim Sr. Pastored, ICFG Church Franklin, MO

Interim Sr. Pastored ICFG Church, St. Charles, MO (2nd)

Served two different times as ICFG Divisional Superintendent, Gateway Division (Eastern 1/2 MO State)

Mid/Early 1960's Only Recorded Ordained Minister, Membership in, "Full Gospel Businessman's Association"

1969-1980 Extensively Teaching in Catholic Charismatic Conferences, St. Louis Arch Diocese & various Dioceses Across USA,

1980 Personal Guest of Roman Catholic Cardinal Seunen, during International Charismatic Conference, KCMO

Late 1960's ~ 1977 Founding Command Chaplain, Saint Charles County, MO Sheriff Department 14 man Chaplaincy, appointed by Sheriff Robt. A. Koester,

Later serving as Chaplain to St. Chas City Police Dept.

1970's Elected President of Saint Charles County Ministerial Alliance

1968 - 1976 USAFA / CAP Chaplain Major

1968 - 1976 Led Church congregation in building two fully separate Church Facilities @ Faye Avenue & Zumbehl Rd, &on Country Club Rd, St. Chas MO

1976 ~ (?)  Saint Charles County Salvation Army Advisory Board Member

1969-1972, Coordinated the establishment of the Saint Louis Dr. Billy Graham Crusade Team, culminating with Saint Louis Billy Graham Crusade. {Last Religious Event held in the former Saint Louis Blues Arena}

1970-1972 Establishes a "First in T.V."  establishing "TALK SHOW Format" Religious Show on former Chan.11 T.V.

{Reverend Cliff Barrows ~ Billy Graham Association Crusade Choir Master as a Guest}

1973-2000 International Missions Evangelist {First in ICFG History} Ministering in following Nations of;

England, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, France, Yugoslavia, Poland, Russia, Tibet, Nepal, Korea,

Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Mexico, Columbia, Guatemaula, Nigeria, and in multiple States of USA

1970's ~ 2000 Teacher/Guest Speaker / Seminar Teacher at Following Ministerial Colleges;Former LIFE Bible College, Los Angeles, CA [ICFG] Former Mt. Vernon Bible College, Mt Vernon, Ohio  [ICFG] Former Christian Outreach School of Ministries, Jefferson County, MO [Independent Lutheran] Saint Louis Christian College for Religion Dept Director, Dr. Larry Doggett, Florissant, MO [Christian Churches]

Christ For The Nations Institute, Dallas, Fort Worth, TX  [Independent]

ADVANTAGE College, St. Louis Extension Branch, Sacramento, CA

Rhema Bible Institute, Broken Arrow, OK

Early 1970's Originator & {One of Three} Founding Board Member, YOUTH IN NEED inc, [YIN], Saint Charles, MO

March 2006-Death March 2014 Founding Board of Director's Member & Missouri Secretary of State Registered Agent,

"Healing of the Nation's Ministries"  a MO 501 C3 N.F.P. Rel. Perpetual, IRS Church Tax Status inc Served with, Son Rev. Steven and Daughter In Law Rev. Ann Robinson-Worley Reverend Alvin Jenson, ICFG Camps Director {retired}

Reverend Alton Burke, ICFG Divisional Superintendent / Pastor, L.E. Chaplain, {retired}  Reverend Vivian Cerrerio, President JCCM inc

Reverend Richard White, Superintendent, IPHC retired

Reverend Wm. Bird Sr. Bishop, COGIC, Jackson MO Board of Education

1998 - 2013 Served as Appointed by Saint Charles City Mayors York and Faith; Member of the Commitee On Disabilities

"A Dad's Life of Obedience to GOD and Service to Mankind's Affect Upon His Three Son's" 

 Reverend Steven Mark Robinson-Worley, followed Dad Earl into Ordained Ministry Police Officer {retired} Michael Foster Worley, followed as Commissioned Police Officer Police Officer {deceased} Paul Edgar Worley, followed as Commisioned Police Officer, U.S. presidential Honoree and Kentucky Colonel,

"A Time for All things under Heaven, A Time to be born. A Time for the body to Die"

The Rock of the Church

 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”  Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  And Jesus answered him, 
“Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona!  For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.  And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it."  Matt 16:17-18

The Rock that Jesus is referring to was not Peter.  The solid foundation of the church today is to be the revelation of who Jesus was.  He was and is the Christ the Son of the living God!   We are the church today.  We are His hands and His feet.  We cannot make in impact upon the communities and lives of those that we come in contact if they do not have a firm grasp upon this revelation.   

So, I ask you my friend today.  Who do you say Jesus is to you?  Is he your healer?  Is he your comforter?   Is he your teacher?   The revelation of who Jesus is to you is what you need to be sharing with those people around you.

If you pray God will give you revelation knowledge that will enable you to be an effective witness.  Flesh and blood did not reveal to Simon the truth that he spoke.  So it is today.  God is still revealing things to us by His Spirit if we will simply listen with our hearts instead of own own minds.    Sometimes a simple heart knowledge about a person or a circumstance unlocks the keys so that the Kingdom of God can be established.
  

God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.  For what person knows a man’s thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him?  So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.  Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.  And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit. 1 Cor 2:10-13  

When His revelation knowledge comes to you by His Spirit don't be afraid to speak it when people are questioning you concerning your beliefs.   Do as Peter did when the world is asking you for the answers.  
Who do you say He is today ?   Go and tell the world who He is. 
    

If your feeling Outnumbered

Have you ever felt outnumbered or overwhelmed by the circumstances of life?  Its all part of our human experience here in this earth.   We can learn a lot about how to overcome from the true warriors of the bible.   Lets look at Elisha.
In 2 Kings chapter 6:15, there was a huge army that was surrounding the city where Elisha was residing and his servant came to him and asked him,Alas my master! how shall we do? "   His servant was panicking about what he saw.
So many times in life we are faced with similar circumstances and if we act upon what we see with our naked eyes we would live in fear.   Its interesting how Elisha responded to the fearful comment of his servant.

2 Kings 5:16-17  "And he answered, Fear Not: for they that be with us are MORE than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes,that he may see.  And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was FULL of Horses and Chariots of FIRE round about Elisha."   
Elisha was not moved by the bad report he reacted by speaking a word of faith.  He then prayed that God would open the eyes of his servant that He could see by faith what Elisha already saw.   Fear will cripple your eyesight of faith if you allow it to.   You are not to be moved by what you see but instead you are to react according to what you see by faith.  Your faith and belief in the vision and revelation of what God gave you to do will allow you to overcome every circumstance that is coming up against you.   Fear and faith should not be allowed to co-exist in your heart. 
You may feel outnumbered and overwhelmed by what is happening to you but if you will just look through the eyes of faith you will see that if God be for you who can be against you!

Rich towards God

One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me." But He said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or divider over you? "  And He said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops? "  And he said," I will do this; I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods.  And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.  But God said to him, Fool ! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?  So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."   Luke 12:13-21

Jesus pointed out that our goal in life should not be to acquire an abundance of possessions but to become RICH in our relationship with God.

How do we become rich towards God?  
Jesus gave us a key.


 “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”  Matt 4:4  

I believe it starts when we make a commitment to abide in the word.   How do we do this ?   We start reading our bible daily and seeking the Lord bring us revelation that only He can give us.    In doing so, we are turning our hearts towards God and drawing near to Him.

 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."    
Matt 6:19-21

My Son, attend to my words; incline you ear unto my sayings.  Let them not depart from your eyes;  keep them in the midst of your heart.  For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.   Prov 4:20-22

 It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. John 6:63    When you read the word you give the Lord an opportunity to speak to your heart through His word.

Each day the Lord gives us a choice and asks us like he asked the twelve.
Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?”  Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”  
John 6:67-69.   In today's world there are so many cares of the world that are pulling us in different directions but we must choose to spend time with the Lord and stop pulling away from Him.  

 Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. Hebrews 3 :12

The second way that we can become Rich towards God is to pray.  
What is prayer? 

Prayer is an attitude of our hearts in which we are reverently seeking God and drawing near to Him.  In doing so we are spiritually communing with God in an act of worship, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession.

 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you."  
Matt 6:5-6 

 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.  Mark 11:24 

It is important in our walk with the Lord that we devote ourselves to prayer.  In doing so we become closer to God.  Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. James 4:8  

Since we have a great priest over the house of God,  let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. Hebrews 10:21-22

I believe another way that we become Rich towards God is by trusting Him despite what we are going through.  

Without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, nor about your body, what you shall put on.  For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.  Consider the ravens; they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them.  Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his span of life?  If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?  Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

But if God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith!  And do not seek what you  are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind.  For all the nations of the world seek these things; and you Father knows that you need them.  Instead, seek His Kingdom, and these things shall be yours as well.  Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.  Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.     Luke 12:22-34

I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging bread.  Psalm 37:25

Truely, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.  Mark 10:30

Train yourself in godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.   1 Tim 4:7-8

Overcoming Obstacles

Subtext: { Quoting from 1599 Genevia Bible}
Matthew 28:9 
 
" And as they went to tell his disciples, Behold Jesus also met them,
saying, God save you.."

The teaching which you are reading declares unto you how the Lord your God Jesus the Lord Messiah saves you in times of struggle.  You may be facing some obstacles today which you think you will never be able to overcome.   So did Moses and the people of Israel. 

At the end of the forty days they returned from spying out the land.  And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
And they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.   Yet the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.   The Amalekits dwell in the land of Negeb; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan."   But Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once, and occupy it; for we are well able to overcome it." 

Caleb had a way of looking at things through the eyes of faith instead of allowing fear to overcome him.  
Then the men who had gone up with him said, " We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we."  So they brought the people of Israel an evil report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land, through which we have gone, to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.  And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim): and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them."  Numbers 12: 26-33
When we focus on the obstacles that we see we remove our focus on the God who can remove those obstacles.     It reminds we of the story of Peter when he was walking on the water.  And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water."  He said, "Come."  So Peter got out of the boat and walked  on the water and came to Jesus;  but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord save me."   Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying unto him, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?"  Matthew 14:28-31  
Peter saw what the wind was creating making the waves rush upon his feet and swell up high.   He took his eyes off Jesus and places them on the circumstances that were going on around him and he began to sink.  
In John 11:32-44 we see a woman who was facing an obstacle of death but she placed her faith in Jesus and she obtained her miracle. 

 Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."   When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled; and he said, "Where have you laid him?"  They said to him, "Lord, come and see."  Jesus wept.  So the Jews said, " See how he loved him!"

 But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"   Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb;  it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.  Jesus said, "Take away the stone."  Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days."  Jesus said to her,
" Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"  

 So they took away the stone.  And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, 

"Father, I thank thee that thou has heard me.  I knew that thou hearest me always, but I have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst send me."  When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice," Lazarus come out."


No matter what obstacle you are facing today if you call up on Jesus he will come and answer you and be your savior and deliverer that you need no matter what your situation looks like.