Bigger than Your Roots

"Our thoughts about how God wants to use us are much too small. I really think that's why sometimes we hesitate to leave our old ways behind., even when we know God is calling us to something greater. What God calls you to leave will pale in comparison to His blessing ahead." -author unknown

Are we afraid of what it would look like to obey? What holds us back from our greatest blessings?

Fear is a root of sin. This means a lot of our sins develop from the feeling of fear. Fear of rejection, disappointment, failure, loss, getting hurt some way or another so we try to control people and situations, we hurt others first, we don't try or do things we know we probably should. Fear keeps us from being obedient and ultimately from the great things God has planned for us.

We all have insecurities and fears about something but we need to train our faith to be bigger than our fears. Our past, background, or even current distractions will not stop God from favoring us. The only true hindrance is disobedience. If you think God can't use you because you're too scared, too insignificant, not pretty enough, smart enough, strong enough, then hold on because God is about to use you. That's who He wants, who He calls because in our ordinariness, He is extraordinary. Noah was a drunk, Abraham was old, Leah was ugly, Joseph was abused, Gideon was afraid, Rahab was a prostitute, Mary was a teenager, Jesus was a shepherd boy. He qualifies the called, He doesn't call the qualified. What these people have in common is that they didn't let their weaknesses hold them back from doing what God wanted them to do. Despite their sins and their fears, they brought every broken piece to God and He did amazing things in them and through them. He saved the world.

Sometimes I let my kids eat ice cream for dinner. Or on special occasions, I let them eat candy seriously all day long. I think it's important to say yes sometimes to their sweet little dreams because that's what my Father does for me. My 11 year old wants to play Major League baseball. I know the odds but who am I to tell him he won't. God might just say yes. I want their dreams to be big because I want God to be big to them. If we dream small dreams and act and love in small ways, then we aren't giving God the room He needs to our lives to do big things.

We serve a big God so why not ask Him for big things? We think so small. If we can't make sense of it, then it can't happen, it can't be real. But I believe if we really reflect on the moments God has been faithful to us, aren't they unbelievable? I want to think bigger! Deeper, all the way past my roots until every part of me reflects Him. Not because I deserve it but because my God can do it. He's giant and fun and good. If we really, truly, deep down believed that, there would be nothing we couldn't do. With God, nothing is impossible.