Good morning, Champion
Bask in the Bigness of God (who happens to be the creator of the universe)
Genesis 15: 3-5 (NIV)
And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir." 4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir." 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
I think we all know this great account of God promising Abraham children and descendants too numerous to count.
When God promised Abraham a child it looked so physically impossible to him because his wife had always been barren and also because at the stage of life they were both now in, their bodies were well beyond the age of being able to produce children naturally. They needed a miracle if this was to ever happen.
Abraham was busy looking at how big the problem or challenge was and look what God does, He steps into Abrahams doubts and invites Him outside. Why? Because He knew that Abraham just needed a perception adjustment. He just needed to spend a moment basking in God’s bigness.
Abraham goes outside and God instructs him to look up into the unpolluted sky and he saw stars so numerous he could not even begin to count them. It was probably then that the penny dropped. The One who had promised the child was the One who had set each of those stars into place. At that moment God became bigger than the seemingly impossible challenge for him and his faith arose.
As he basked in the bigness of God under the open heaven every big challenge he faced became very small.
Hey Champ, if you are having trouble believing for something big, do what God invited Abraham to do and go out in your garden tonight and look up. See the stars filling the universe and remind yourself as you bask in His bigness that the One who promised you victory made all of it!
Have a great day
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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Andy Elmes
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