Ephesians 3:20-21 (Amplified Bible)
20Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]--
21To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it).
My Grandma James use to say to us her grandchildren, if God never does another thing He has already done enough. I use to think, why in the world would you not want Him to do anything else, and why is it enough? Today, I understand the meaning of what she was saying, and trying to get my young, immature mind( at that time) to comprehend. As I awoke this morning, I was a year older, and it was today that I usually sit back, and look over my life. As I did, I understood the magnitude of things that God had kept me from, brought me to, delivered me from and elevated me above. Today I could open up my mouth and my heart, and with my Spirit in full agreement recognize that even though I am far from where I want to be, and I do not have all of the resource that I need to have, that if God never did anything else but sit on the throne and receive my praise, and consume my worship He had certainly done enough! God had been faithful to me, when no one else had, He had loved me when others choose not. He used me when I was more than unworthy of the call He had bestowed upon me. He had snatched me from the hands of the enemy when He sought to kill me, when man had been an instrument in the enemy's plot and plan. You see truly God has done more than anyone else, and even on a day that I just awake and I perceive everything has gone wrong He did more than most, He kept my mind and my life, in His hands.
How often do we stop and just thank God for what He has already done for us? For most us we do not, we thank God for what we are asking him to do today or tomorrow, but rarely if ever do we stop and praise Him for what He has done. God has been better to all of us than we ourselves have been to ourselves or one another. He has kept us when we did not deserve to be kept, and did for us when even when we did not do for Him. For all of us God's Grace has been and continues to be sufficient for us, it continues to carry and sustain us, but because we are so busy looking around the next corner, to the next car, the next house, or the next job, the next wife, husband, or wind fall of cash we are not stopping to thank God from where we came and what He has sustained us through, even if it is something we feel set us back, we should thank God inspite of, because we do not know what that set back, or step back took us out the way of or kept us from. God has established a purpose and a plan for all of us, but it is His plan, to be established and worked,in and through us. If we could just see our way clear enough to thank Him for what He has done and who He should be to us, I am sure that we would be able to see that God will do anything but fail us, and that we are complete in Him!
As we enter the weekend, and we have a moment to reflect. Reflect on what God has already done in your life. Thank Him for all He has done for you, praise Him for the blessings He has already bestowed upon you. Thank Him for all the prayers He has already answered, and the ones He didn't answer, without thought, for what comes next. If we can see what He has done, He can do what we can't see. Unselfishly give to God for all He has done for you, because as you give to God, won't he ultimately want to give again to you, anyway( even though he does not have to). We can never out match God in Giving...So be grateful and thankful for where you are and what He has done for you, it is the thing that charts God's response for the future!
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