Ready for More

What are you doing for God? When was the last time you performed a miracle while walking down the street? How long has it been since you fed a multitude of people with a few fish and a bit of bread? I am fairly confident we all had similar answers to those questions... Never. For most of us, miracles are things we talk about, but rarely witness, faith is something we claim to have, but rarely put in to practice. I was reading a book this week in which this passage of scripture was highlighted:
John 14:11-14
"Believe me: I am in my Father and my Father is in me. If you can't believe that, believe what you see—these works. The person who trusts me will not only do what I'm doing but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I've been doing. You can count on it. From now on, whatever you request along the lines of who I am and what I am doing, I'll do it. That's how the Father will be seen for who he is in the Son. I mean it. Whatever you request in this way, I'll do."

Jesus tells each of us that if we truly trust in him, we are to do what he did, and even greater things. Consider for a moment all the incredible acts that Jesus did while he was on the earth. He healed countless people, he raised the dead, he opened blind eyes, he reached thousands of people with each message that he spoke. He was sensational, miraculous, living a life that was flawless and constantly showing people his love and their future in him. How often in our lives do we limit who Jesus was by not living up to who he called us to be?

Jesus told us, as his followers, that we are supposed to be doing everything he did and MORE. We are capable of making even bigger things happen through his spirit living in us. The only thing standing in our way is ourselves. We trip ourselves up by not thinking we are good enough, by limiting God and what he can do before he even gets started. I am ready for more. I am ready to claim everything my God promises me... that I can and should do what Jesus did, and even greater things through Christ who strengthens me.