But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
God's
Proportions by Cathy Vinson |
God is where the excitement is! By far! We begin with one body, Abraham's, considered dead regarding reproductive possibilities, and we end up with a harvest countless [without count, innumerable: (a) negative + (euphonic, arithemeo) arithmetic]. Beyond arithemetic. How ultimately desirable to plug into our most resourceful, positive Creator, God and Father! To try to calculate mathematically the proportions of 1 to the sands of the sea or 1 to the galaxies of stars...these are God-like, God-sized proportions. It seems that these are figures He delights to work with. We in turn marvel at Him, and in our marvel see ourselves swept into moving with His Spirit. We start becoming expectant in God-like proportions. "He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think..." (Eph 3:20). It may go like this...we wring out of ourselves a thought or request as out of a drying sponge. He goes so far as to answer that request at a level more consistent with Himself. We then become more expectant of His work and ask more; again He not only matches that petition but swings exceedingly far and wide of it. We are overjoyed and move even to a higher level of expectancy, asking in response to even more...If we think an amusement park ride has adventure, what a thrilling cycle to get onto! He will always more than top our best! May we not weighed down by our weak selves. He is alive and on the move! Just now we may be right at the proper place of Abraham, as good as dead...just ready to be a part of birthing unto a fruitful inheritance, a revival, of God-like proportions! |
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"sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead,
as many stars are in the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore
innumerable" (Hebrews 11:12) |
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