He's Big Enough

“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.  I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” (Ephesians 3:14-21 NIV)

Years ago, J.B. Phillips wrote an excellent book called, Your God Is Too Small.  In it he addresses the typical views people have of God.   They are typically one-dimensional and fail to grasp the sheer enormity of God.  

As human beings, one of our greatest temptations is to shrink God down to our size, to thrust limits on Him that more reflect the boundaries of our own abilities.  Each year in our ministry we take an overseas mission trip for which the cost can be up to several thousand dollars for each student.  There are always students who choose not to go because of the cost.  Their thinking is they don’t have that kind of money to spend and they don’t believe God will provide it.  Yet, every year every student who commits to the trip experiences God’s provision.  We’ve never had to leave a student behind for lack of money.  

I remember several years ago when my wife and I had to make an emergency trip to South Africa.  We did not have the nearly $4000 for the flights, yet I felt led only to ask for prayers for my ailing in-laws, not for money.  The Lord wanted to show us how big He was.  Within hours of sending an email, offers and commitments to send money were coming in.  By the time the bill came due, we had received all the money we needed.  

How often we limit God when He is in fact limitless.  Paul’s powerful prayer is aimed at getting us to grasp how big God really is and to begin living that way.  Is the Lord calling you to do something you believe improbable if not impossible?  He is big enough to make it happen.  Do you have a need you know you cannot meet?  God is big enough to meet it.  Do you know someone whom you are ready to give up on ever becoming a follower of Jesus?  Keep praying because God can do more in a person’s heart than you can ever imagine.

Today, make Paul’s prayer your own.  Pray to grasp how big God truly is.  When you can, you will be amazed at what He does.

© Jim Musser 2015