While we all realize that when God spoke the word, He brought our entire universe into existence, it isn’t hard to ponder on the fact that His resources are indeed boundless. So, the question before us is this: why don’t we see more of a mighty move of God in our day and age?
I believe that the late pastor and theologian A. B. Simpson gives us the answer when he said: “Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.”1
Sometimes when we look at all the miracles that Jesus performed, we see God’s boundless resources on display, but say to ourselves, yes, but Jesus was God and thus we should expect that. However, the Scriptures are full of examples of real-life people, just like us, who also performed amazing deeds with the help of our God. Men like Moses, Samson, Daniel, Elijah, and many others, through faith and prayer, did great exploits for the Lord. And to me, two of the most encouraging verses in the Scriptures which demonstrate that we too can perform mighty exploits for Jesus are (James 5:17-18): “Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again, he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.”
Imagine how powerful prayer must be if another human being, just like us, could have the power to control the weather! I agree with Simpson when he said: “…Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.” There is just no telling what we can do for the kingdom of God when we are totally sold out for Jesus. Our job is to appropriate God’s mighty resources through obedience to the Word, faith in God, and believing prayer. For this type of an individual, there is just no telling what he or she can do for God.
My friends, I leave you with the following quote, from the great missionary, Hudson Taylor, to meditate on: “Depend on it. God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so.”2
1My Ten Favorite Quotes by A. B. Simpson – Flowing Faith
2 Hudson Taylor – Depend on it. God’s work done in God’s way will… (bibleportal.com)