GOD IS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK (Part II)

GOD IS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK! (Part II)

 Beyond any shadow of doubt, one thing is assuredly true.  No matter HOW LONG you have known God, or HOW WELL you have known God, or HOW GREAT you perceive Him to be, GOD IS MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU THINK!  In fact, OUR GOD “is able to do EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.” (Ephesians 3:20, NKJV) 

 Positionally speaking, we are IN CHRIST, and thus we are in full command of THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM. (John 14:6 and Matthew 16:19) Our spiritual authority in Christ is a clear demonstration of the largeness and largess of GOD.  God’s supreme love motivates Him to always be ‘up to something’ behind the scenes to enlarge and empower us.  Here is the divine grace segment of our human narrative: We are completely undeserving of God’s “manifold mercies,” His “manifold wisdom,” and His “manifold works.” (Nehemiah 9:19 – Ephesians 3:10 – Psalm 104:24) Nevertheless, GOD continually invests His love and trust in us.

 Although we rightly revere ABRAHAM as ‘the father of faith,’ much like our own lives, Abraham’s life is a portrait of the grace and goodness of a great God who mercifully chooses undeserving human vessels to enact His sovereign will in the earth.  After God summoned Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees and dispatched him to walk westward (by blind faith) toward the Promised Land, He changed his name and destiny via a series of divine promises. (Genesis, chapter 12) 

 God declared to Abraham…

---I will make you a great nation.

---I will bless you, make your name great and cause you to be a blessing.

---I will bless them that bless you and curse them that curse you.

---I will bless all families of the earth through your seed.

---I will multiply you and make your seed like the stars of the sky and the sands of the sea.

---I will be your shield and exceeding great reward.

 However, after the endowment of such precious promises, it is fascinating to note that (due solely to sin) a much darker and more troubled future was also in store for Abraham’s descendants.  The same God who had promised a grand and glorious future declared that a time would come when Abraham’s seed would become servants and strangers in a strange land for 4 centuries.  Nevertheless, during such divine decrees of judgment, God always reserves ‘footnotes’ of future blessing for those who are His own.  According to the Word, “and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and AFTERWARD SHALL THEY COME OUT WITH GREAT SUBSTANCE.” (Genesis 15:12-14) 

 Indeed, The Almighty God is ‘the God of second chances.’  It’s comforting to know that the sovereign will of God must and shall be accomplished.  One proof that GOD IS BIGGER THAN WE THINK is His ability to carve out favor, blessings and miracles in the middle of our mess!

 Here’s another example.  Without knowing it, JOSEPH would be instrumental in fulfilling God’s promise to Abraham.  But he had to go through extraordinary challenges to get there.  Father Jacob endowed him with a coat of many colors after perceiving a special grace and anointing on this young son’s life. 

 Would you permit me to hypothetically ‘speak’ to Joseph for a moment? 

 JOSEPH, you probably felt that you were headed nowhere – fast.  Your technicolor coat of destiny (that is, your early ability and anointing) did not seem to be taking you where you thought it would.  But I beg to differ.  If God had never given you a dream, Joseph, and if you had never shared your dream, your brothers never would have despised you and abandoned you in that pit. 

 And if your brothers had never despised you and placed you in that pit, you never would have been discovered by a caravan of Midianites. 

 And if those Midianites had never captured you and carried you away from your homeland, you never would have landed in Egypt. 

 And if you had never arrived in Egypt, you never would have been employed in Potiphar’s house. 

 And if you had never gotten that gig in Potiphar’s house, you never would have met Mrs. Potiphar, who tried to ‘make a move’ on you. 

 And if Mrs. Potiphar had not attempted her seduction, you never would had wound up in prison. 

 And if you never became a prison inmate, you never would have met Pharaoh’s chief baker and butler. 

 And if you had never met that baker and butler, you never would have had the opportunity to interpret their personal dreams. 

 And if you never interpreted their dreams, you never would have had the opportunity to interpret Pharaoh’s prophetic dream that would impact the entire nation.

 And if you had never successfully interpreted Pharaoh’s dream, you never would have risen to power as Prime Minister of Egypt. 

 And if you never achieved such political power in Egypt, you never would have been able to feed your starving family and nation. 

 And if the Israelites had never been fed during that famine and had perished, then the lineage that brought JESUS CHRIST into this world would have been cut off BEFORE the whole world had the opportunity to be saved! 

 Your life, Joseph, is a veritable portrait of THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD!  From PIT to PRISON to PALACE to PROVISION to PARADISE – for the salvation of you and your family – and ultimately for all of us who believe!

 My friend, GOD IS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK!  I am firmly convinced that HE IS UP TO SOMETHING…in your life…right now!  Stay tuned…more to come tomorrow.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING.  Maranatha!