How BIG is Your God?

- Have you recently hit a spiritual slump and having trouble getting out of it?
- Are you currently in a life slump and wonder why every time you try to take one step forward it feels like you end up taking 2 steps backward?
- Do you have some goals that you’d like to accomplish and don’t know where to begin?

Well if you find yourself in any of the aforementioned situations I want to pose one simple question to you this morning…How BIG is Your God?

In your private time today I’d like you to read Proverbs 3:5-6 where it reads “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and he will make your paths straight.”

During watch night (aka New Year’s Eve) service my Pastor spoke about “Going Into 2010 With a Mind to Win.” We can ALL share in the winning if we allow ourselves to embrace the idea of life being filled with peaks and valleys. We can also share in the winning if we are willing to trust that He is able to navigate us through the journey of overcoming our valley situations. How BIG is Your God?

He’s BIG enough to ensure you’re okay when periods of trouble seem to be present in your life.
He’s BIG enough to provide comfort during times of hurt in your life.
He’s BIG enough to know what trials you’ll encounter prior to you experiencing them and provide what you need to make it through the trials even when everything looks hopeless.

How BIG is your God?

He’s BIG enough to not need our help working through the situational details because He already has them under control. Do you trust Him? Do you really, really trust Him? Do you really, really, really trust Him?

Let’s take this approach to win in 2010…Let’s live in greater obedience of God. Let’s become convinced that He really is faithful enough, powerful enough, caring enough, loving enough and wise enough to do what His Word says He’ll do. His word says that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Joshua 1:5). That’s how big God is. So much so that if He doesn’t do what He says He will do then He’s no longer God. We need to know that He’s BIG—and that He knows what’s best for our lives, loves us even more than we love ourselves, and has a plan for all eternity.

To get an idea what God is really like examine Psalm 145

1 I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name for ever and ever.
2 Every day I will praise you
and extol your name for ever and ever.

3 Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
his greatness no one can fathom.
4 One generation will commend your works to another;
they will tell of your mighty acts.
5 They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and I will meditate on your wonderful works.
6 They will tell of the power of your awesome works,
and I will proclaim your great deeds.
7 They will celebrate your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in love.
9 The LORD is good to all;
he has compassion on all he has made.
10 All you have made will praise you, O LORD;
your saints will extol you.
11 They will tell of the glory of your kingdom
and speak of your might,
12 so that all men may know of your mighty acts
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures through all generations.

The LORD is faithful to all his promises
and loving toward all he has made.
14 The LORD upholds all those who fall
and lifts up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways
and loving toward all he has made.
18 The LORD is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.
20 The LORD watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.

21 My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD.
Let every creature praise his holy name
for ever and ever.

- The Psalmist praises our BIG God for His “mighty acts” (Think about the things He’s brought you through, the people He’s delivered you from, the doors He’s opened for you)
- The Psalmist praises our BIG God for His “grace and compassion” (we are all beneficiaries of His grace)
- The Psalmist praises our BIG God for His “glorious splendor” (His presence is glorious in our lives)
- The Psalmist praises our BIG God because “He is faithful to all His promises” (His Word shall not return void)

How BIG is your God? He’s as BIG as you allow Him to manifest and be in your life. Take the box from around Him on this day and allow yourself to dream God-sized dreams instead of you-sized dreams. Se lah!

KP
(inspired by Rick Warren Worship Study)

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