A lifetime ago when I would teach I would hear a student repeat something they said that I had said. Most of the time I didn't remember saying that at all. In the space between my lips and their ears, God had changed what I said into what they had needed to hear. The same thing seems be happening here. God changes what I type into what you need to hear. It is a humbling experience.
One of the amazing things to me is that I have readers all over the earth. South Africa. South Korea. Poland. Russia. Mexico. Germany. Australia. How does that happen? My little blog, that I started as a class project, has readers all around the globe.
"You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth." Rev. 5:9-10
God has provided for himself people throughout the earth, to serve him and to spread his gospel to bring others to his salvation. Sometimes I get so caught up in my little space that I forget that he is at work on a global scale. I get overwhelmed with sharing him with you, in my apartment complex and church and city and state that I forget how big he is, and the scope of his work.
When your focus has narrowed down to one room or one church, lift your head and look around you. Get out a world map and see how big the world is. God is bigger. If that doesn't induce worship, I don't know what will. When your problems seem overwhelming, and they press down on you so that you can't see beyond them, remember how big God is. How worthy he is.
My problems seem pretty small when held up to a global inspection. Poverty. Lack of clean water. Disease. Starvation. War. Genocide. God is at work on this level. My little financial issues seems pretty petty. Some of you are dealing with big things. Mental illness. Rebellious teens. Rape. Domestic violence. Cancer. Hurts beyond which I can know. Our God is a big God. He can handle whatever you bring him.
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
Ephesians 3:20-21
Did you catch that? He "is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask..." Some days I ask a lot. He can handle it. Some days my dreams drift into what I deem the impossible. Not to God. He is able to do way beyond what I could even imagine.
Wherever you are, whatever the scope of your problems, bring them to God. If you are angry or sad or your feelings are hurt, bring it to God. He can handle it. It's not like he doesn't already know. Bring your stuff to God, and then watch to see what he does.
While you are at it, drop me a line on Facebook or leave a comment. Remember, I am sitting at my kitchen table, alone, typing away... Tell me what you like about this blog or what you wish was different. Do I post too often? Not often enough? Are there topics you'd like covered or stuff I should stop talking about? You may have ideas that I hadn't even considered.
Thank you for reading. England, Ireland, Peru and all the other places I haven't traveled to yet in this blog, I look forward to meeting you!
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