A thought by Steven Furtick (2010-09-21) from his
book, Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible (p. 30). Multnomah Books. Kindle
Edition.
I
know there would be some who are embarrassed and put off when they hear someone
dealing with things in an audacious way.
I know that we are sometimes put off by some of the statements of
certain Christian groups who say outlandish things that they believe that God
wants to do in their lives. I understand
that feeling.
But
I wonder if we should be the ones who are embarrassed about our lack of
audacious expectations in our God in our lives.
I mean, God is love, He is omniscient and omnipotent. There is nothing He can’t do and He said all
we had to do was ask and He would do what is best for us. So we should be embarrassed because we don’t
really believe Him.
Now
I understand why we don’t. We are afraid
of looking foolish but because we don’t, we are foolish. God wants to do things in our lives not just
for our benefit but for the benefit of others.
I mean this embarrassment comes from Satan. He knows that if all these Christ followers
were seeing impossible things happening in their lives then everyone would want
to be a Christian. And He doesn’t want
that so all He has to do to stop our influence is to make us embarrassed. With that he knows he has us.
Oh
God help me to not make excuses but to really, really believe in You, in who
You are and in what You have said.
What
would happen if we really believed audaciously?
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