Raising Our Expectations

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March 11, raising our expectations, Jeremiah 33, verse 3.

Call to me, and I will answer you, and tell you great and incomprehensible things you

do not know.

Too often we settle for much less than what God wants to do through us.

We read in Jeremiah 32, verse 27,

Look, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh, is anything too difficult for me.

And we answer, no Lord, yet when we face difficult situations, we begin to qualify our belief

in God, and lower our expectations of what God will do.

It is one thing to believe God could perform a miracle in the Bible, or a thousand years

ago, or even in the life of a friend.

It is quite another matter to wholeheartedly believe God can do anything He chooses to

do in our lives.

When Almighty God speaks to us, what we do next proves what we believe about Him, regardless

of what we say.

God revealed to Moses His plan to orchestrate the greatest exodus in human history, and

He wanted to use Moses to accomplish it.

Moses responded by arguing with God.

Moses was overwhelmed by what He heard, and began to make excuses for why He could not

participate in God's activity.

Moses would have readily acknowledged His belief in God's power.

He simply did not believe God could do His miraculous work through His life.

His argument with God limited His ministry for the rest of His life, Exodus 4, verses 13-16.

Do you sense there may be far more that God wants to do through your life than what you

have been experiencing?

Ask God to show you what that is.

Then be prepared to respond in faith and obedience to what He tells you.

This podcast is based on the book Experiencing God Day by Day by Henry and Richard Blackabee,

published by B&H Publishing Group, Music by Mark Brown.