How BIG is your God?

The theme of the last few sermons at Church has been "Getting Out of the Box." The series started with the call to stop living without faith (Churchianity) and start living live with faith (Christianity). The call was to let God out of the box that we so often confine Him to.

For me, I really felt as though I was walking with Him, although even I would admit to not being able to feel Him walking beside me. And even I knew it was me who had moved, not God. But I didn't feel that I was living my life as a "phony" Christian, just going through the motions. I mean, I pray and read my Bible daily, I listen almost exclusively to Christian music, and I try to remember to do all things as unto Christ.

But God knew me. He has always known me. And just as there are critical points for learning in our physical and mental development, it turns out that there are critical points in our spiritual growth as well. Today's sermon is proof of that fact.

So, just how much faith is enough? Ironically, my prayer recently is that God would give me more faith. The irony in that is that I wasn't using the little, bitty ounce of faith I already lay claim to.

"I assure you, even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible." --Matthew 17:20

So that brings me back to the point where I am. . .not without faith, but with very little faith. And why? Because I am afraid that God will disappoint me. I am afraid that if I let go and ask Him to move mountains, He won't do it, or at least not on my schedule. I am afraid of looking stupid, asking for miracles and then not seeing them done. I am afraid, because although I know that God is capable of doing all things, I don't believe He will do them for me.

I suppose the question to ask then, is why? If I know that He can do them, why am I afraid to ask for those miracles, to move the mountains? Because, I AM AFRAID. I am afraid that He will tell me no. I am afraid that if He says yes, it will not work within my constraints, my guidelines. And yet, I want more but don't dare ask for it? ! ? How silly!

So here I am to announce that I am done being afraid that God will say no, or not yet. I am done being afraid that I will look foolish for asking for the mountain to be moved. I am done with my unbelief.

AND SHE CRIED OUT, "MOUNTAIN, IN THE NAME AND POWER OF JESUS CHRIST, I COMMAND YOU TO MOVE!"

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