“The reason we are more than we know is because God is greater than we can imagine.”- Susie Larson
“This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike ‘What’s next, Papa?’ God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us — an unbelievable inheritance.”- Romans 8:15-16 (MSG)
In Chapter 4 (“Dare to Pray and Say What’s True”) of Your Powerful Prayers, Susie Larson discusses God’s invitation to trust Him. God wants us to trust Him with:
- the surface parts of ourselves we find difficult to acknowledge
- the deepest parts still needing healing and wholeness
Thus, we first, through the power of the Holy Spirit, dare to believe. In other words, we appropriate God’s truth. Then we walk and talk that truth.
Yet, Ms. Larson notes, as we walk through life, we find ourselves in storms that smash against us. And whether those storms are self-made, natural elements of a fallen world, or the result of someone else’s rotten choices, sometimes we respond in ways beneath our dignity. In addition, the author notes, Satan just loves to see us sulk in our humanity. During such times, Ms. Larson observes, it helps if we remind our souls that we:
- love because Christ first loved us
- walk in God’s promises
- enjoy His presence because He’s the one who invited us there in the first place
- can and will be used greatly by Him- Jesus planned ahead of time to redeem us from our frailties
Today’s question: What Scriptures enable you and others to realize the reason we’re more than we know? Please share.
Tomorrow’s blog: “Live in the reality of God’s love”