How
Big Is Your Vision of God?
Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch
your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.
Isaiah 54:2, 3
Tanya, a missionary from Bandung,
Indonesia, was back home for a family wedding. She had come to share
with our congregation in this morning’s service. Her message was
about God’s vision for us, corporately and individually. She began
by asking, “How big is your vision of God? Did you come today
expecting Him to fill you up? If so, what size vessel did you bring
for Him to fill?”
Using one of the church’s trash cans
as a visual aid, she said, “This trash can holds much more than a
drinking glass; both represent vessels that can be filled. So I ask
again: What size vessel did you come with today? God will fill
whatever you brought, but only an amount equal to our vision of Who
He is. How big is your vision of God?”
She spoke about the beauty in
Indonesia, the waterfalls, and how powerful they are. “If you came
to get water from one of our waterfalls and you only brought a
drinking glass it would be filled in less time than it would take to
blink your eye. However, if you brought a larger vessel, like this
trash can, you could hold so much more! God’s love and grace is
like that waterfall roaring over the cliffs. There is more than we
can hold, and it’s never-ending. So learn to expect more…and
bring the largest vessel you can!”
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We, the church, are the City of Zion
that today’s text refers to. Our hearts are occupied by God’s
Holy Spirit. Isaiah’s prophecy of Zion’s future glory is ours.
But in order for it to be of any use, we must tap into this Inner
Source and His power.
Everyone we come in contact with,
regardless of the image they portray, need God’s love and grace
because every heart was created by Him to commune with
Him. We can impact those hearts if we allow God to fill us to
overflowing.
To do this we must enlarge the place of
our tents. i.e.: come expecting to be filled by a larger than life
God.
Prayer
“Fill me to overflowing,
Lord, so that I might leak into the lives of those You bring my way.
In Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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