Goodbye "crumbs"!

Let your favor shine on your servant.  How great is your goodness you have stored up for those who fear you.  You lavish it on those who come to your for protection - blessing them before a watching world.

These words settled like drops of rain on a desert in my heart this morning.  They are verses 16 and 19 of Psalm 31.  So, before a "watching world" ... or in my case ... a reading blogging community ... I shout in dramatic tones and CAPITAL letters that GOD is doing a new thing - a new, beautiful thing - in my heart!

For far toooooooooooooooooo (yes, I know that's a lot of "o"s but I'm trying to communicate a point here!) long I have not believed everything in scripture!  Gasp!  I, one who has given my heart and trusted my future - my eternity - to God find it hard to believe the goodness He has for me on planet earth.  My childhood, my good ol' fashioned denominational upbringing, my own baggage has led me to believe that somehow the promise of heaven is good enough.  I know where my soul will rest when my body breathes the last of oxygen here on this planet.  But, I still find myself lacking, wanting ... more!

The "MORE" is simply taking God at His word - HIS WORD - and choosing to believe the truth that He has been trying to communicate to me ... to the world ... that His goodness is waiting to be lavished on His kids!  I'm not ashamed to say that this morning I am thanking God and asking Him to lavish me ... to overwhelm me ... because of who HE is ... His goodness.  If I can trust Him to save me from my sins, why can't I trust Him to lavish on me goodness?!

My Chris and I have noticed that we have settled into some sort of "crumb" mentality.  We have been satisfied with getting crumbs from our Father's table.  He don't want to be flashy or radical - we have been OK with asking for just enough to squeak by.  Just enough faith, just enough dinero, just enough patience ... just enough.  Oh my word!  Scripture says just the opposite!

Let the "crumb" days be over and let the lavish days begin!!

Dramatic in the waiting -
christina