He goes all out!!!

sooo, this morning has been a long one…and it’s only 6:25am as i type this…little miss molly had me up at 2:30am, full of energy and ready to “pway”…not exactly how i would have planned on starting the day…but i can honestly say that God is using it to work in me this morning…molly finally went back to sleep about an hour ago, just after daddy finished getting ready for work…sooo i’m sitting here listening to “only by God’s grace” and i’m reading through day two, of week three, in pure praise…

the study has been good so far…today is definitely no acception…but there was something that caught the attention i have left at this point…i was directed to read a couple verses in psalm 33…but i was drawn back to read the whole chapter…and to read it again…all this before i got to the end of today’s study…check out the first 11 verses…

Psalm 33

1 Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. 2 Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre 3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. 4 For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. 5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice; earth is full of his unfailing love. 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him. 9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. 10 The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. 11 But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.(NLT)

i read that…and read that…and read that…i had two notes for myself in the margin…”God didn’t do things 1/2 way. He went ALL OUT!”…”so why do we question His plan or His leading? why do we try to make His plans fit into our little box?”…i see way too often how i feel God telling me to do something…i feel Him tell me that this HUGE thing could happen…

maybe it’s healing for someone…maybe it’s talking this person into giving that person a vehicle (for free)…maybe it seeing this HUGE building sitting vacant and thinking that God could really use that for His honor and His glory, to reach people…maybe it’s feeling led to share Christ with a complete stranger…

instead, i make plans…or i see where there is no human way possible that these things would work out(which there isn’t a human way)…i go and put God in a box…but God has this tendency…whether it is in His creation…or in the redemption of His creation…or in what hour of the day to wake me up and slap me around…(HAHAHA!)

He goes all out!!!

then i get to the last section of my reading in pure praise…check this out…

I recently saw a book entitled Your God is Too Small. I have not read the book, so I do not know its contents. However, the title continues to intrigue me. Let me ask us both this question: Is the God you’ve been worshipping too msall? Do you acknowledge only those attributes of him that you can comprehend? Is your obedience to him often based on your own understanding and approval of his directives? Could it be that your reverence and awe of him have been reduced to mere ritual and obligation? Write your honest response below.

sooo, my response…”OUCH!”…i’ve been challenged to go all out…to trust God’s plans and not put Him in a box…His plans “stand firm forever”…and…

He goes all out!!!