Greater Things
God has a great plan for your life. In fact, God’s plan for your life is even greater than you could imagine for yourself. We serve a great God who desires to do greater things in us and through us.
Jesus said, “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” – John 10:10 (Amplified Bible)
Jesus is saying that he came so people could have life and enjoy life. Sadly many people are not enjoying life. They have moments of happiness, but there is no lasting joy. They are just surviving. Jesus came so that you could experience a greater life than that.
Often times when something goes wrong or things don’t turn out the way you want them to, it’s common to say, “That’s life.”
Many people have accepted less than what Jesus went to the cross to pay for you to have. A life of significance, a life of meaning, a life of purpose.
This does not mean the abundant life is void of struggles and hardships. In fact, if you want to experience the greater things, the abundant life, you are going to have to fight for it.
Numbers chapter 13-14 tells the account of 12 spies being sent to evaluate the land God had promised to the Isaelites. 10 of the spies came back saying they could not take the land because they were afraid of a fight with the inhabitants. 2 of the spies (Caleb and Joshua) saw the same circumstances but had faith in God and know they would win any fight.
If you are going to step into the greater things God has for your life, you are going to have to take a stand and fight. Refuse to accept an average marriage, mediocre finances, or a strained relationship with your family. Don’t accept that as the way things will always be forever.
Sure, life is going to throw you some curve balls. There will be times you fall flat on your face. Don’t just stay down there thinking that is all life will ever be. When you fall down, the most natural thing to do is get back up.
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; – Micah 7:8
Get back up, dust yourself off and start believing God for greater things in your life.
Room For God
Everything in life is clamoring for your attention. Work, kids, school, friends, family…when we should be sitting at Jesus’ feet listening, we are distracted by all the busyness of life. We have no spiritual margin, we have no room in our lives for God.
You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:17, 20 (New International Version)
They thought that they were complete, full and didn’t need anything. They were wrong.
We have to make room for God. We have to create room/space in our lives where we allow God to move in.
How do you give God more room in your life?
This is deep…You can’t create spiritual margin by devoting yourself to nonspiritual things.
The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. John 6:63 (New Living Translation)
Luke, Chapter 10, is a great story about two different women; Martha was distracted by the busyness of life, while Mary chose to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to His words.
Jesus said, “Mary has chosen what is better.” The choice is yours! You can choose to live in a way that will lead to an overloaded, stressed-out life, or you can make a better choice and set everything else aside and make room for God.