Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20 (NLT)
We all have old traditions and routines that threaten to stop us from doing what God has for us to do.
When I think about it, one major way Holy Spirit works with me is by challenging me to think bigger. In fact, God always seems to expand our thinking before He uses us.
When Moses complained and said, “I’ve never been good with words.... I stutter and stammer,” and “Oh, Master, please! Send somebody else,” God told Moses that He would put the necessary words in his mouth (Exodus 4:10–13, MSG). He also equipped Moses with the ability to perform signs and wonders that would cause everyone to believe. Not only that, but He promised that the Israelites would plunder the Egyptians of their wealth when they left! God needed Moses to think big.
What about Joshua? God kept telling him over and over to be strong and take courage (Deuteronomy 31). God encouraged Joshua to change his thinking because Joshua’s thinking was limiting his life.
And then there was Gideon. When the angel called him a “mighty man of valor” (Judges 6:12, NKJV), Gideon basically said, “Who? Me? I am the lowest man in my family and my family is the lowest in the land” (my paraphrase of verse 15). But God saw Gideon as a mighty man of valour and He needed Gideon to start seeing himself that way as well.
God is trying to expand your thinking too so you can become the Spirit Contemporary powerhouse you were created to be. In what areas of your life do you need to think bigger?
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