HOW BIG IS YOUR FAITH?
Two men went fishing. One man was an experienced
fisherman and the other wasn’t.
Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big
fish, he put it in his ice chest to keep it fresh. Whenever the inexperienced
fisherman caught a big fish, he threw it back. The experienced fisherman
watched this go on all day, and finally got tired of seeing this man waste good
fish. “Why do you keep throwing back all the big fish you catch?” he
asked. The inexperienced fisherman replied, “I only have a small frying pan.”
Sometimes, like that inexperienced fisherman, we throw
back the big plans, big dreams, big jobs, and big
opportunities that God gives us. Our faith is too small!
We laugh at that fisherman who hadn’t figured out that
all he needed was a larger frying pan. Yet, how ready are we to increase the
size of our faith?
Whether it’s a problem or a possibility, God will
never give you anything bigger than you can handle. That means we can
confidently walk into anything God brings our way – or allows to come our way!
If you are up against a wall, and you feel as if there is no way out for your
situation, look up, because God
is about to make a way where there seems to be no way! God is about to open a door for you where
there has never been an open door before!
What some of you need today is a greater capacity for
the miraculous! You need to understand that you don’t have to throw back any blessings! You are just as deserving of a miracle as Peter was
deserving to be the only man other than Jesus to walk on water!
Hebrews 11:3 – By faith we understand that the universe was formed at
God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
That is to say, it is a faith that believes in the
UNSEEN and in the creation of things that are not yet real!
· It is a faith
that can take Him for a gentleness you do not have in your temper.
· It is a faith for
courage when you are like a trembling reed shaken in the wind.
·
It is a faith for a steadfast will when you are as
irresolute as the drifting sand.
· It is a faith for
righteousness and holiness when every instinct of your nature and every
tendency of your training leads you in the downward road.
· It is a faith for
health and strength when your body is a wreck and the very elements of health
are gone
· It is a faith for
souls that seem as hard as lodestone or diamonds – souls that seem to be of
impenetrable hardness and unbreakable!
·
It is a faith for miracles where every door
appears to be closed, and every effort vain!
This is the God with whom we are dealing. The God of the supernatural! He is “the maker
thereof!” (Jeremiah 33:2); and Jehovah is His name!
We must learn to trust Him. We must use Him in His
infinite all-sufficiency! We are talking about the Only Wise God, Who is able
to do, “exceedingly,
abundantly above ALL that we could ask or think!” He is the God
who can make something out of nothing!
How big is your faith? Is it big enough to take God at His word?
