BIG

  I purposely put the title in all caps because I have a serious question for you! How BIG is your God? I realize that intellectually you know God can do all things, but do you let Him? Is He truly BIG in your life or only big? And that wasn't splitting hairs. Let me ask this question, slightly different. When was the last time you asked God to (fill in the blank)? If you said - daily. Then excellent because this indicates a close relationship between you and the Father. If you didn't... why? 

  Asking doesn't have to be about the mountain moving times, it can also be those moments of intimacy and request. Somehow the asking, seeking, knocking scripture is far more than we tend to credit it. Asking puts us in a position of vulnerability as we turn to the Father with our requests - large and small. But if we never ask, will we put ourselves as the 'god' in our lives, self-sufficient to fulfill our 'needs'? Or do we not completely trust that the Father will answer? Both?

  I believe that when we ask, we can't do so with the mindset that the answer will be precisely according to our thinking and at the time we think it should be answered. I've never believed that God answers with conditions. When we ask, we need to turn the request over to Him to answer when and how He wills. I also believe that it is in those moments of apparent vulnerability on our part that our faith and trust is tested. But in the testing, regardless of the answer, we grow.

  My point in all this discussion is that if you haven't asked the Father to move on your behalf in the 'little things' and have had the joy of experiencing this... how will you see His hand in your bigger needs? Will you be able to recognized what He does if you've never seen it because you've never asked? For me, part of the delight is seeing not only what He does but how He does. What we may be asking for may not be 'best' for us so He gives us the best.