Small God?

 "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?" Jeremiah 32:27...."When our God is too small, our hearts are too small, so our lives are too small, and our world is too small." Mark Buchanan

Someone has said that we tend to reduce God to the size of our biggest problem. That means that generally we think our problems are daunting in His eyes, and that He'll be challenged in His ability to meet and overcome them. This plays exactly into what Buchanan says in the above quote. Regardless of all that the Father has told us about Himself in Scripture, and of all that Jesus said about Himself, we have consistently downsized our God and our Lord. We seem to think that He's barely adequate to meet the needs of our day, let alone work miracles on our behalf. Our small God does yield small hearts within us, small lives being lived out, and a small world where both we, and our God are very limited. Small wonder we see so few miracles. Our hearts and lives are too small to accommodate the awesome wonder and reality of our God.

Richard Blackaby asks, "When was the last time we learned something from God that was great and mighty?" How can we believe on an infinitely great and mighty God when we have learned so little of His greatness and might? How it must grieve His heart to see us stumble so through our daily lives, with all His power available to us, but so little use of that power by us. It may be that we see no greater evidence of this than what takes place in our personal prayer lives. What is it we pray for? Sicknesses to be healed, but with as much expectation and faith in our Doctor as there is in our God. Perhaps more. What great things do we ask of Him? Too often we limit our asking to things that don't require a miraculous move on His part.Safety on a trip. That our car will start one more time. If we're honest, the reason we don't seek the truly impossible is because we have a strong suspicion that He won't answer. Vance Havner said, "We must believe our beliefs and doubt our doubts. Instead, we doubt our beliefs and believe our doubts." The result is a very limited God, and a very limited life for Him to work through.

We desperately need a fresh revelation of His glory, majesty, and power. We need to experience His reality, in all of His might, in our lives. We need to hear the whisper of His voice in our heart saying, "Is anything too difficult for Me? All things are possible to the one who believes." There is a song titled "Rattle" that has the lyric, "When did the impossible ever stop You?" When has it? It cannot, but our unbelief can. We need a faith that expects His might and power to be exercised on our behalf, but at the same time, is yielded to how He will choose to show forth that power. Such a faith life will always overcome the world and all its power. Such faith cannot and will not be defeated. Such faith is what makes those who walk in it, "more than conquerors."

The times we're living in demand a great faith in a great God. Small hearts and lives looking to a small God will not prevail in the days we're now facing. You may feel your faith is small right now, but bring it to the God who is greater than all things, and experience what He will do with it. In Him, we can do all things, and through us, He will do all things.

Blessings,

Pastor O