God Is Great!

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God is GREAT!
“No matter the size of your problem or need, God is greater” (Roberts 183). When we accepted Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior, we became God’s “little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (BibleGateway). A great peace and joy came over me while reading Roberts words: “God has more people for you to reach with a message that God loves, God heals, God is the Source of every person’s total supply, and God sent His only begotten Son so that any person who believes in Him might be forgiven of sin and live with God for all eternity” (Roberts 163). This is only the beginning; God wants us to reach every person no matter their race, religion, culture or creed with His good news. Roberts words of sowing and reaping stood out, because God has a specific time and place for everyone to sow and reap His benefits, and it should be a continuous, seamless lifestyle linked to faith” (Roberts 180 & 181). The Ultimate Voice, written by Oral Roberts reveals to us how God transformed his life, along with how to hear God’s voice to fulfill His plan and purpose in our lives.
As I began to read the Ultimate Voice, I realized Roberts was pouring his heart and soul out to everyone and anyone, who would listen to him, about how the voice of God changed his life for eternity. His stories, about his family, church and personal growth, bring encouragement and expectation to what God has in store for each one of our lives today as well as the future lives to emerge. Enlightenment transpires as Roberts reminds us, “When God gets ready to do ANYTHING new on the earth, He causes a baby to be born” (Roberts 38). Through his mother Claudius’s prayers and obedience to God, Ro...

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...th us in The Ultimate Voice. I believe Roberts as he shares with us “God has designed for you to do from even before your birth. . . . Consider how God has prepared you and positioned you. Nothing is wasted in God’s economy” (Roberts 145). I agree with Roberts when he said, “In every area of your life, look for ways in which to combine the natural and the supernatural. . . . God does not separate the material world from the spiritual world. He created them both and designed them to be fully interrelated and integrated” (Roberts 203). I am accepting and encouraging others to “Ask God to give you His mind! Ask Him to help you think as He thinks! God wants to use you in ways that He may never have used anybody before” (Roberts 148). What an awesome legacy to leave the world. We have “no life apart from a life of obedience” to our Heavenly Father (Roberts 194).

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