Expect more- in His Word
2-1-16
God expects all from us; we
need to expect more from Him.
He requires of us all to
love Him completely; He loves us completely.
With all of our heart, not
just a part, but the whole thing. He wants us all!
Hear, O Israel:
The Lord our God is one Lord:
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deuteronomy 6:4-5
He wants all of
us, all our heart, all our focus, all our love and all of our strength. He
wants us to know that He is all we need. Then we will know that He truly shall
supply all our needs.
The thing is when
we give up our desires for His desires He will give us the desire of our heart.
He will give us all our needs.
My God shall supply all my
needs according to His riches in Glory. Phillippians 4:19
We pray and ask God for
this, or make our requests known to Him,
sort of; but He wants us to share our deepest hurts, our darkest hours, our
dreams and wishes and our hopes for tomorrow as well. Then He can meet those
needs in completion.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing
by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known
unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
if there
be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think
on these things.
Philippians 4:6-8
We don’t expect that because
we know we are not worthy.
When I prayed asking Jesus
to be my Lord it was because I wanted to be sure I made it to heaven when I
died. Plain and simple I did not want to go to hell. I did not at that point
ask for anything else I instead gave Him my heart, soul, mind and strength. He
wanted all of me and I was all in! I studied the Gideon’s New Testament as far
as I could but He wanted me to know more. So I bought my first full Bible. I
read daily trying to know what it was all about, what had I gotten into. I
found the more I read the more I wanted!
I thought I was doing what I
was supposed to do but God showed me He wanted more for me! He took me to a
church, showed me where to get baptized and plugged me into a support system of
learning, of teaching, of growing in Christ and I thought life could not get
any better than that!
But God had more!
He brought me my life love,
my help mate, my husband Michael; someone to share the love of God with, to
study with, to grow in Christ with and to love.
He brought me more still! I
thought I had everything I wanted and He gave me three children to raise up and
point in the right direction.
I thought I had everything
and He showed me more that I could do for other people to help them grow in
Christ; I became a writer of devotionals.
He keeps showing me more and
more how I can do things for His Kingdom and I keep thinking I have everything
I could ever want; His riches in Glory are far beyond my wildest imagination.
Now when I pray and I ask
God to heal, strengthen or direct my path I expect more; for my God shall
supply all my needs according to His riches in glory, not according to Teresa’s
small request made somewhat humbly at the throne of grace. God wants to give us more than we ask for.
Abram wanted a son; God gave
him a nation.
Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego wanted to do the will of God; He kept them safe in a fiery furnace.
Paul wanted to do the right
thing and do what the God of Abraham would want; Jesus showed him so much more
that he would do for Him.
I prayed and asked God to
give my child a friend; He gave that child a passel!
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| She wanted a drink of water... God gave her a waterfall... |
We pray for God to give us
enough, He gives us more than enough.
We have a measure of faith
to believe for big things; God wants us to plant that seed of faith and let it
grow so that we have the faith, or trust in God to do more!
He is not finished with you
yet! He is not finished with me yet.
God wants us to expect more.
More peace, more love, more
hope, more people lead to Him, more joy and yes even more money to more than
meet our needs.
What do we have to do for
all this? We need to give Him more of our time,
more of our strength, and more of our heart and mind. For when we give
Him more of us He can take that bit and turn it into so much more of what we
need.
I believe God wants more of
us today because His desire is for us to want more of Him.
Are you searching for more
of Him today?
Get in the Word more, spend
more time reading not just to complete your daily list but to really get to
know God and His Word.
Give Him more prayer time,
just sit there listening for that still small voice instead of checking your
texts or emails. Trust Him with more of your heart and He will trust you with
more of His work.
Dear heavenly Father; we want
more of you so we are giving you more of our time today. Direct us and guide us
beyond what we think we need or want; in Jesus name. Amen.
Suggested Reading
2 You
want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of
what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it
away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for
it. 3 And even when you ask,
you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will
give you pleasure. James 4:2-3