Power of Underestimating God

Key Scripture: "Those who trust God's action in them find that God's Spirit in in them-living and breathing God!" Romans 8, The Message.

Power Point:

Measurements are really important aren’t they?  Imagine building your house and you find that you had underestimated the size of your lot. As you begin to build you discover that the tiny house you built on it looks really silly compared to the other houses on the street. In addition to that, you find yourself trying to live in tiny rooms and live your life bumping into walls that are too close together. 

Some of us (most of us), spend our whole life underestimating God. Our measurements are too small. We can’t even begin to comprehend the extent of His goodness toward us. We read about it.  Jesus talked about it. But somehow our tape measure is too small to get around the enormity of how much He loves us, how much He wants to do for us, how much He wants to be for us.

     Is it time to get a bigger yardstick? What if you allowed yourself to add a few inches to your knowledge of Him today? You do that by trusting Him a little big more, and by bringing Him into more of your life.  You do that by believing Him for more things. You do that by reading what Jesus said about Him and applying it to your life. 

Here are a few thoughts on that:

I will stop underestimating the Love of God for me.

I will stop underestimating the power of God for me.

I will stop underestimating the goodness of God for me.

I will stop underestimating the peace of God for me.

I will stop underestimating the patience of God for me.

I will stop underestimating the gentleness of God toward me.

I will stop underestimating the kindness of God to me.

I will stop underestimating the plans of God for my life.

You see, Beloved, the scope of God is so much larger than we can ever imagine. When we don’t allow Him to get bigger in our lives, it’s like living in a tiny house with tiny rooms when all around you. Wherever you go you're cramped. We might like to think about "adding on" so that  there is room to grow and explore. There’s always “more” of God for your life that He wants to show you. And trust me, that’s exactly how He wants us to live; learning more, trusting more, seeing more, and excited by the prospect of each new day with Him. His plans for your life include all of the above.  Visualize with me, that day when God spoke and said, “Let there be light!” and light began to roll off the tip of His tongue and began to expand.  As it went rolling forward, all darkness was enfolded in the power of God for light. That’s exactly what He wants to do and to be for you today.  Wherever there is darkness, never underestimate the power of His light rolling across your life. Wherever there is hope, He offers more hope. Wherever there is faith, He rewards it.

     Is your God too small? Then let Him out of that tiny place you’ve kept Him in and let His goodness roll over every area of your life. As Jesus said, “Have faith in God.”

     When we do that, the mountains move and the light flows into the darkness. Did you think your mountain was too big? It’s not bigger than God. Did you think that you were confined to things the way they are now? Your situation is not too big for God’s plans for you. Don’t underestimate who God wants to be for you. ALL of God is in us. He's in us and He wants to get OUT! Have you been underestimating how big He really is?

Power Thought:

We should not live our lives in cramped quarters. We were meant to live in the wide open spaces of heaven on earth.