Think Big! We Have A Big God by Blazing Fire contributor Julie Carboni

God gives us permission to think really big...outrageously big.  Not because of anything we do or even deserve, but because as children of Abraham we receive that same blessing that has been passed down from generation to generation culminating in the fulfillment of Jesus Christ being given to us as our Lord and Savior, the free gift of His life for ours. United with Christ The law would say we need to follow the rules precisely, in order to expect anything good to happen in our lives.  But thankfully, our Jesus has set us free from religious duty forever!  As Paul says in Galatians: Because we are united with the Anointed One, all the promises of the kingdom are deeded to us, not because we keep the law or fulfill religious duties...And since you’ve been united to Jesus the Messiah, you are now Abraham’s “Child” and inherit all the promises of the kingdom realm!  Gal 3:18, 29 (Passion Translation) We are Blessed beyond Measure Think for a moment....  All the promises of the kingdom...  wow.  That is the inheritance initiated in Abraham’s life but culminating in God’s own Son coming to earth so that we become Joint Heirs with Christ and all the blessings His Father has given Him.  God wants us to dream from the perspective of knowing we are His, and He truly desires to give us good things. Childlike Faith Creates Miracles God wants us to have childlike faith, like many of us had when newly converted. Children think with no limits; they have not yet learned what they “should” or “shouldn’t” believe. They allow themselves to imagine impossible things.  God would like us to do that as well.   Once while Tim and I were still dating as new converts, we prayed for a lady with a brain tumor the size of an orange. We had that childlike faith to believe that of course she could be healed!  We prayed and the next morning, the woman had surgery and the tumor was gone and there were only dead cells left. Why not pray and believe for Big things; our God can do anything. Let’s believe, as John encourages us: “I tell you this timeless truth: the person who follows me in faith, believing in me, will do the same mighty miracles that I do --even greater miracles that these because I go to be with my Father! For I will do whatever you ask me to do when you ask me in my name. And this is how the Son will show what the Father is really like and bring glory to him.  Ask me anything in my name and I will do it for you!”  John 14:12-14 (Passion Translation) Help us, Jesus, grab hold of how real this promise really is in our lives, that You so value us and have invited us into the same relationship you have with Your Father.  Truly we are blessed beyond measure! May God richly bless you with his Infinite Love,                                                                        Julie Carboni (with Susan Fochler)