God Wants to Give MORE Than Peanuts!

Imagine if you had no Mom or Dad. Imagine if all you knew was mud walls and thatch roof, and every moment you spent struggling just to find enough food to eat. Then one day you were rescued and taken to a warm home and given food to eat and love and security. And people traveled from another country just because they wanted to see you??? How special would you feel??? 

Well, Christ has done this for us and sooo much more! He didn't just take us to a warm home and give us the necessities of life, but He's taken us to His palace and spread out a banquet before us.... That's what He's offering us. Yet if you think about it, most Christians today prefer to stay in their mud huts with thatch roof and live on spiritual scraps. Yet God longs to give SO MUCH MORE!!!!!

Today I took my two girls as well as one boy named Daniel shopping to nearby village. We picked out a few nice clothes for Sabbath, and then I asked the children, "Is there anything else you need or want?" (Everything is so cheap here that I can do something special for them and it still doesn't cost much!!) "No, we don't need anything" They replied.  With amazement, I asked "Are you sure, because I may not come back to village for shopping again very soon." Recognizing their opportunity, they finally picked out a few more small items--soap, lotion, etc and some crackers and candy like peanuts. I had to smile to myself. Treating them out was like PEANUTS -- in other words, It was nothing!

Imagine what God must be thinking? The Creator of the universe and vast galaxies--He's asking, "Is there anything more you'd like me to do?? Anything more you need??" He says, "Just ask!! I can do anything!!" And yet, our requests are so small. He wants to give us the world and so much more. But what do we usually ask for?? The equivalent of a bag of PEANUTS!! All I can say is, "Lord, increase our faith!"

"Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us." Eph. 3:20

The beautiful thing with God though is, He didn't just come to supply our needs or be that genie in the sky catering to our every wish. He came to give us a new heart and a new life. No one else can do that, only God - Our God! What a great God we serve. 

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, He is a new creature. Old things are passed away, behold all things are become new." 2 Cor. 5:17 

Let's ask for a new heart today! 

With love from Bangladesh,
Melody