The end of Immeasurably More?!

The end of immeasurably more?

I was recently listening to a sermon from Passion City where Louie Giglio was talking about believing that this is the year of immeasurably more. In the back of my mind, all I could think was, “he isn’t talking about me. I believed God for immeasurably more last year, so I guess my immeasurably more has run out. It is so impudent of me to think that I can believe God for immeasurably more again. My year is up. I certainly have used up my time in immeasurably more." 

** Insert lightning bolt from Heaven here**

Not but a second later, the clouds opened up and God spoke…ok, not really, but that is what it felt like in this little head of mine.

If immeasurably more had an expiration date, it wouldn’t be immeasurably more. If we only had one calendar year to believe God for immeasurably more, how big would He really be? The words themselves speak beyond time, so how can we confine God to time system that He doesn't even follow?  

It was a lie. The enemy wanted to reel me into said lie that I have outdone my faith in God’s promises of immeasurably more. The Everlasting does not end. The promises of the Everlasting do not expire. And the immeasurably more that He offers doesn’t run out when He places us in our immeasurably more. He doesn’t get us in the adventure of immeasurably more and dump us off to fend for ourselves. I believe the fact that God promised that He would give us immeasurably more is a challenge to us to believe Him for how big He truly is! He can out do Himself. He is bigger than last year. We alone stifle the immeasurably more that God wants to lead us into.

I know stepping into this year, I wondered how God would ever “out-do” this adventure to Italy. Eyes wide open, though I am unable to see far into the distance.  Each day, He releases more of the blinders off of my eyes that hindered my faith and trust in Him. When our eyes are open, we can then realize that immeasurably more doesn’t necessarily come with a change of scenery, but a different perspective of who God is and what He is doing in this world around us. I never realized the significance of seeing God in immeasurably more when you aren't moving. When life isn't really going anywhere, we seem to think God has forgotten our belief in what He has to offer. It has taken me many years and thousands of miles...and hindsight... to see that God was always moving. He was always working, whether it is to bring me to the place I am now, or to keep me where I never thought I would be, He can do nothing less than offer immeasurably more. 

The veil was torn so we could access God. He wants us to see more of Him. He wants to SHOW us more. That is my immeasurably more. I CAN believe God for immeasurably more this year. Immeasurably more is timestamped into eternity. He has placed me in a situation where all I desire is to run hard after Him, and I want nothing more than to keep my focus on His face.