On a gorgeous sunny morning driving in to work one day, I was listening to the K-Love morning show where a woman was sharing her story of a HUGE burden in her life and how God answered her prayer in a big, BIG way. I could tell from her voice just how deeply this miraculous gift affected her and how much she wanted to shot to the world that it was ALL God.
I believe in miracles. I believe that the same God who created all – parted the Red Sea – brought down the walls of Jerich0 – who can make the sun and the moon stop — is the same God who sustains me today.
I believe that God likes opportunities to “WOW” us with wondrous things. After all, what parent doesn’t love seeing that wide-eyed, dropped jaw look on a child’s face?
Why then, when I pray, do I tend to pray “small”?
I had a huge burden in my life. One that was completely out of my control.
(If you knew me, you would know that I’m a control-freak and how stinking intentional I have to be to be able to lay these things at the cross!)
During the time that I was a single mom, I became unemployed for a time – which was a blessing because I was able to finally be a stay-home mom with my 2 little boys – but a hardship because in order for us to survive, I made several 401(k) withdrawals and I incurred tax debt.
How much? Six figures. That’s how much.
You know how you just gasped reading that? Just think of how I felt!
I knew God already had a solution and I trusted that it would be revealed the to me in His time. So I quietly held it together, suppressing all my stress around it, assuring everyone around me that everything would be okay.
The woman on the radio inspired me to pray BIG. Of course, why not? I felt this joy well up inside of me. So I did. I prayed that this massive debt be completely wiped out. (?) Yes, WIPED OUT. I thought it would be so coooool if that happened and a great testimony. But also in my prayer, I knew that if God didn’t grant that, that He had a reason why and that I was completely content with that too. It was actually really fun to pray that and to cautiously expect something wondrous to happen!
And guess what?
A few days ago, during a phone call, that debt was essentially ELIMINATED.
Friends — PRAY BIG!!!!!
“So let u
s come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.” Hebrews 4:16 NLT