Expect More! God’s Abundance Far Exceeds Our Expectations

He expected coins. Just a few measly coins. He received something far greater. 

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A man lame from birth lay every day next to the temple gate Beautiful, begging for whatever he could get. One day, Peter and John passed the man, who asked for help. He expected a few coins.

Unwilling to let him remain in his misery, Peter does offer a gift, but it’s far more than the man expects. Instead of coins, Peter blesses him with sound legs and ankles through the healing power of Jesus Christ. 

Whoa, wait a minute! A man who has never walked before asks for money and instead receives the ability to not only walk, but run and jump? Yep, that’s what scripture says.

“So [the man] jumped up, stood, and started to walk, and he entered the temple complex with them—walking, leaping, and praising God” (Acts 3:8).

Now that’s a gift! 

Abundance Beyond Our Expectations

But isn’t that just like our Lord?

We ask for the possible, and He delivers the impossible.

We beg for just the logical, and He provides the supernatural. 

God doesn’t give as we expect. He gives far more and in a profoundly different way than makes sense to us. 

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We read God’s promises. We say we believe them. Yet we repeatedly underestimate what that may look like in our daily lives. 

Part of that is because our minds cannot fully comprehend the depth and breadth of His love for us. And out of His abundant love comes abundant gifts, which means an abundant life. 

I’ve read and heard this passage in Acts read  many times, during a Sunday sermon, I made the connection that God’s abundance far exceeds our expectations. 

And that indeed is a glorious message that doesn’t change! 

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“By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.” Acts 3:16

 Reflections: Is it difficult for you to expect big things from God? Why or why not? 

I’m excited to continue recording blessings this year. Since beginning over 3 years ago, I’ve counted more than 3,500 gifts in Ann Voskamp’s Joy Dare! What a blessing! So here we go in 2015: #3807–3827, read my entire list by clicking here.