A SIMPLE EASY THING

2 Kings 3:17-18 AMP For thus says the Lord, ‘You will not see wind or rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, so you and your cattle and your other animals may drink. This is but a simple thing in the sight of the Lord; He will also hand over the Moabites to you.

18 NIV This is an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord;….

I wonder how often we come to ask the Lord for something when we pray but think it’s too big a thing for God to do, and we just can’t see how it could happen, so we don’t take the limits off?

In this chapter we discover King Jehoshaphat in alliance with two other kings with their three combined armies having no water for the animals or themselves which was a life threatening situation, quite apart from the battle they were going out to fight against the King of Moab!

Jehoshophat was wise though because he inquired of the Lord and as a result God did over and above all he could have asked or thought. God told them to dig ditches all over the valley and He would fill them with water. Then almost in passing, He says, “I’ll deliver your enemy into your hands as well!”

It almost seems like it’s no big deal! It’s as though He says I’ll do far more than you ask, and by the way I’ll throw in this tremendous blessing while I’m at it! Then He drops in this thought, “And this is a simple thing, an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord.” Don’t you just love the way God thinks and works?😊

What comes across in this account is that we can never ask too big. Whatever it is, it’s simple for Him. Nothing fazes God and the bigger the request the more He loves our faith in Him, and whatever we ask He wants to go above and beyond, and then throw in something astounding as an extra. You can almost see Him smiling as He turns to His angels and tells them what He has planned for us in the coming days.

So as we go into this new week be hugely encouraged to ask big, and then ask even bigger than that, and see what the Lord will do.😊 In Jesus name. Amen.

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CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOD

Psalm 57 NLT 

V.7 My heart is confident in you, O God; 

my heart is confident. 

No wonder I can sing your praises! 

V.9 I will thank you, Lord, among all the people.

I will sing your praises among the nations.

10 For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens.

Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

11 Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens.

May your glory shine over all the earth.

It’s so good to read about David’s confidence in God. In fact it feels like he was bubbling over with confidence because he said it twice and then burst into praise even though he wrote this when he was fleeing from Saul into a cave! He must have had one of the earliest man caves on record!😊

He just loves to speak out how wonderful God’s unfailing love is and how He has proved Himself to be so faithful to David over the years. He must have been looking out of his cave one day at a cloudy sky and thinking how God’s faithfulness was so great it even reached the highest clouds!

We serve the same God today as David did all those centuries ago and He’s proved Himself just as faithful and loving to us over the years as well. 

We know our God is always worthy of our praise so we can join with David and tell the Lord how wonderful we think He is. Let’s burst at the seams as we give Him all the praise and glory for all He has done for us in giving us Jesus, who God has highly exalted and given Him the name above every name.😊

May we have David’s confidence in our God and join countless others across the earth today as we say, 

“Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth.” Amen.

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