Immeasurably More

A month or so ago I was challenged by my friend Martha to pray "Immeasurably more Lord" to see what God would do. Part of the challenge was to move something out of its ordinary place so when I went to reach for it in the old place I would speak the words... Immeasurably More.

So I moved things in my office, living room, and shower. I even used my lime green fingernail polish and put a green dot on the face of my watch. As I would reach for Kleenexes, shampoo or look for the time I would whisper those words...Immeasurably More. One morning as I reached for the shampoo I added "how much longer will I have to wait to see Immeasurably More?"
Well let me tell you - I didn't have to wait long at all.
Jesus was about to show me Ephesians 3:20 close up, personal and WAY MORE than I would have ever hoped for!

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us...

to the greater power! That was on a Sunday morning as I was getting ready for church. That afternoon I noticed I had a voice mail. As I listened to the message I was blown away by what I heard, but more so by who was calling to leave the message.

Please understand that with all God has done to bring Wellspring here, my greatest fear was that it would be here and we would be so unprepared. We would have the house, we would have the women coming in for help and they would have me! After all I had the Wellspring manual of what they do. I have their curriculum of how they do it. I had all I need to make it happen. You see, I can read a manual all day long, bit what works best for me is to see it.
I did get to spend one night in the Atlanta home. But one night wasn't going to do it!

So my voice mail went something like this...

Susan, this is _ __ _ from Atlanta, and I was wondering if there was
anything I could do to help you get started in SC.

Anything she could help us do? ? ? As the message settled into my heart, I realized this was an immediate answer to my morning Immeasurably More prayer. She had been a counselor for about a year and was looking to do more.
I had met her briefly at the Demand Conference that I attended in April.
Mary Frances had spoken so highly of her.

Could we use her? Wow!

God had done Immeasurably More - - way more than I would have ever thought or dreamed!

The monkey was off my back!

God never intended for me to do what He has fashioned her heart to do!

Don't you love it when God makes it so clear?

When He calls us to do something - we usually have a small part in a very large picture!

Now that's a reason to DANCE!

All the more proof that indeed - His yoke is light! I don't have to do it all or be it all!
I can just be me and that's enough as long as I am operating where He has gifted me and placed me.

It is my prayer for each of you that you too have discovered that His yoke is easy, and if you are too burdened by the yoke you are carrying, you might want to be sure the yoke is from Him!
Would you take the challenge and pray Immeasurably More for yourself?

I love each of you and thank you for what you are doing for the kingdom of God. As the song says... we are all in this together...