Psalm 40:5 - May 7, 2009

Ps 40:5 "Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare." NIV

God is in the miracle business! The Lord has established for himself a testimony of miraculous intervention from the beginning of time. The world was created by a word and the redemption of fallen man was initiated from the very foundation of the world (Rev. 13:8) and the flow of God’s supernatural hand reaching into the affairs of men has never stopped since. Day by day God displays both the wonders of his natural creation through such means as sunsets, mountain heights, the power of a tornado and on and on as well as His miraculous interventions that transcend the natural order of things. The word of God is filled with thousands of years of testimony declaring the glories of God and human history contains untold numbers of miracles besides. In fact it was said of Jesus that through his life alone the miracles of God are countless. John went on to write in John 21:25 “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” We truly serve a miracle working God.
However, the story doesn’t stop there! You might ask, “How can there be more?” But I have good news for you. The things that God has prepared for your future are better than the things He has provided in your past! 1 Cor 2:9-10 Encourages us by declaring, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"- 10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.” Consider the phrase “no mind has conceived what God has prepared…” Wow!!!! It is time to stop living with doubt about God’s commitment to you. It is time to stop questioning whether you will see any good from God’s hand. In Jer 29:11 the Lord strengthens His people by announcing, “I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” God has a plan with your name on it! And, It is a good one!
Not only is there a plan with your name on it, God wants you to know that plan. In the same verse that promises that God has prepared inconceivable plans of goodness for us the promise continues by stating that even though you in your own mind cannot conceive of what God has prepared for you, you can know what He has planned for you. Paul states boldly, “but God has revealed it to us by the Spirit!” There is revelation awaiting those who will lean into the realms of the Spirit instead of leaning upon the mind of the flesh. There is provision from God for your heart! His desire is to have a people who are built up through encountering His voice in such a way that they walk with eyes for eternity instead of eyes for this life. There is great power that comes to a person who is not controlled by a temporal, earthly focus and motivation. We are taught by Paul in Col 3:2 “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” There is great freedom in living for eternity! Today set your mind on the knowledge that your relationship with God is the most important thing that you have and live out of the revelation that comes from spending time in His presence.