Friday, August 19, 2011

Exponential Power

Today is 8/19 and the verse I've chosen is a continuation of yesterday's passage.  Mark 8:19 says, "When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets did you fill with leftover pieces?They told him, “Twelve.”  GW

God shouldn't have to remind us that He has been perfectly capable of handling situations in our past and can do the same in the present and in the future.  Yet, our human condition causes us to have spiritual amnesia.  The Israelite in all of us rises up to take matters into our own hands because we suddenly think God has taken His eye off the ball.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Our God never takes his eye off of His children.  Even when we face trials, we can trust that He is with us and He cares. 

Today's world is in financial chaos, but we can bank on this - Our God is with us and He will walk with us through whatever valley we are in.  I heard a Christian speaker on the radio this morning say this, "Patience is not the ability to wait.  Patience is how you act while you're waiting."  The Israelites blew it.  They grew impatient and forgot that God wanted them to look to Him, and not themselves, for their provision.  Their impulsiveness caused them to stay stuck for a long time.  God doesn't want us making the same mistakes they did.  He wants us to look to Him, with complete surrender, and leave the outcome of our circumstances completely to Him.  He is indeed able to do exceedingly more than we could ever hope or imagine. 

When we consider that God specializes in multiplying on the curve, it seems a little silly to think that He cannot take what little we have and move in exponential power.  That little that we have doesn't involve only finances.  More importantly, it involves faith.  When we deposit our hearts and our trust into His hands, we leave the math in His hands also.  In little and in plenty, His exponential power will be enough.





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