Big or Little God

This entire series is not about seeking miracles. It is about seeking God. Miracles will become a common experience in our lives if we seek God. Seeking God puts us in a paradigm where miracles happen!

In the opening scene of the movie Apollo 13, astronaut, Jim Lovell stands gazing at the moon, where in just a few hours, he will be propelled by a rocket to walk on the moon. He then raises his thumb between his one open eye and the moon. His thumb, though much smaller than the moon, actually blocks his view of the heavenly body. We understand why, don't we? But it is a game-changing principle when it comes to our seeking God. How big something is to you isn't really determined by how big it is. Your perception is determined by how close you are to it!

Shirlene and I went with another couple to Memorial Auditorium years ago to see Dan Fogelberg in concert. We were seated on the very back row of the auditorium. We were so far back, you could only see figures walking on the stage. It was hard to get excited about the concert because we were so far away from the singers and musicians.

God is huge! We all agree, don't we? But the problem is, sometimes we are so far away from Him, that its hard to get excited about Him or to see Him doing anything in our lives.

What's the answer? The Psalmist helps us in Psalm 43:3 (KJV): "O magnify the Lord with me, let us exalt his name forever." To magnify something means to make it bigger than it really is. Obviously we can't make God bigger than He really is, but we can make Him bigger than He is in our lives! We do that by exalting His name forever! As we lift Him up with our words, our thoughts, our actions, and our worship, He will become bigger and bigger in our lives.


And when He becomes a big God in our lives, we will see big miracles.