"Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and left..." - Isaiah 54:2-3a
God has not called us to be satisfied with our little postage stamp sized plot of ground in our safe little suburb communities. His purpose for our lives includes much more that just getting by. Throughout the entire Bible God is challenging His people to move and be stretched. He told Abraham - an old man - that he would be the father of a nation; He made Moses - a stuttering murderer - into a leader who could stand up to the most powerful ruler of His time; He told a little shepherd boy named David - the smallest boy in his family - that he would be king; and, He told Mary - a young virgin - that she was going to give birth to the savior of the world.
You might read a passage like Isaiah 54 and think that it is intended for bigger people but the 'biggest' people in the Scripture usually had the most humble beginnings. Commit yourself to God's purpose for your life and then buckle in...you just might find yourself on the ride of your life!
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