Think Big!

The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. (Psalm 145:9)

Our God is in the blessing business, and let me assure you that He wants to do much more than bless your food. Yet for far too many brothers and sisters in our family of faith, that is as far as they go when it comes to seeking the blessings of God. We serve a big God, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, and we ought to be looking to Him each day for big blessings!

You see, God wants us to come to Him with open minds, open hearts, and open hands, ready to receive all that He has in store for us. God wants us to trust more, seek more, believe more, wait more, expect more, pray more, and depend more. God wants us to pour out our lives out in service to Him for His glory and the good of all others. As we engage in advancing the cause of His big Kingdom (rather than our own little kingdom), God will bless our efforts beyond our wildest imaginations!

Perhaps you are facing a challenge right now that seems impossible to overcome. It will serve you well to remember that with God nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37). Hudson Taylor, who spent more than 50 years working as a missionary to China, said this about God doing the impossible in our lives: “There are three stages to every great work of God; first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” Remember, even when circumstances argue against all hope, we are still to have hope. Because Jesus is our Living Hope, we have a hope that nothing in this world can affect.

What would you like God to bless in your life right now? Come into His Presence and share what is on your heart and prepare to be blessed. You have our Lord’s Word on that!

“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” (Matthew 7:9-11)

Jesus told us that we are to always pray and not give up (Luke 18:1). Did He say that so that we would ask and then be frustrated and discouraged when we don’t get the answer we want? That would be cruel, and the God-Man who died for us on a cross is anything but cruel! No, Jesus told us to keep asking, seeking, and knocking so that He could do immeasurably more than all we can ask or even imagine (Ephesians 3:18). Think big, Christian! Pray big!

This is the Gospel.  This is grace for your race.  NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!