All Things New: 21 Day DevotionalSample

The Stretching of Faith

I was recently given my own room in my office. Previously, I worked in a shared space where my table was next to my colleague’s and having any private conversation was nearly impossible. However, when I moved into my new room, I was at a loss as to what to do with all the space! I started sourcing for furniture, making plans on how to best utilise the space, and dreaming of how I wanted my room to look and feel. 

With every new season, God wants to give us new room to grow. However, sometimes we enter a new season still planning and dreaming within the same limitations and boundaries as in the previous season. We find it hard to imagine anything beyond the limitations we had previously known. Just like Israel, we need to receive a revelation in our hearts that God is stretching our capacity, and that we can expect Him to do greater things!

Ephesians 3:20 says that our God is able to do “infinitely more than we might ask or think”. God is able to do even more than whatever we can imagine right now! Do we dare to ask God to remove our past limitations, and to give us greater things? We can start by asking God for the faith to ask for greater things!

We should prepare ourselves for the new things that God wants to bring. Let there be a ‘yes’ and a willingness in our hearts to go beyond our present, in line with what God is saying to us.

I believe responding in faith and in practical ways to what God is saying to us is the key to the increase in fruitfulness that is coming to us.

Reflection

What is the greatest thing you can imagine God giving you in this season? It could be for your own walk with Him, your family or ministry. Write it down in a journal.

Are there old limitations you can identify in the way you are making decisions today? 

Prayer

Father, thank You that You always have greater things in store for me. Please remove the limitations I have towards these greater things. Reveal to me what You want to do in my life in this season, and grant me faith to receive it.