We don't pray big enough. We don't believe big enough. We don't dream big enough. We don't dare big enough.
God's power and his plans far exceed our greatest imagination. It should go without saying that Christ can do in us and through us all he has promised. Far beyond that, he can do what we have never been bold enough to dream; what we have not conceived to ask.
We must keep in mind that this is for his glory, not ours. It just so happens that in God's spiritual economy, what glorifies him turns out to also be what is best for us. If we get this turned around, our faith in in danger of becoming self-centered, adulterated and futile. And it just takes a quick cycle through the religious TV channels or a pass through the "Christian" section of Barnes and Noble to see an upside-down theological trend of man as God and God as helper.
That said, however, God offers so much more than we experience. More of his presence. More of his power. More intimate knowledge of his amazing grace. More partnership in his purposes.
God is not a provider of partial. Nor is he the giver of just enough. God is a God of abundance.
When Moses just wanted an escape route… God parted a sea.
When Israel just wanted someone to sacrifice to the giant… God provided a steely-eyed shepherd boy with a huge heart and deadly aim.
When Mary and Martha just wanted a healing… God performed a resurrection.
When mankind was bound in the hopeless prison of sin… God gave his Son.
And when you and I turn to him in need… God gives abundantly more than we can possibly ask or dream.
We must pray bigger... believe bigger... dream bigger... dare bigger.
God, you are the abundant giver…
