There is a video by Louie Giglio where he talks about God’s size and our size. I have always been taught that God was big and I was small but Louie put it in perspective. He was talking about the universe (the known universe).
We have a God who not only created our earth but he also created the entire heavens (our galaxy and universe).
By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen. -Hebrews 11:3
The heavens are so vast that we can barely begin to comprehend it. Here is a little sampling to give you a scope by which to gauge what I want to convey. Our planet is in a solar system that sits in the Milky Way Galaxy, which is 100,000 light years across (that means traveling at 186,000 miles per second every second of the year for 100,000 years is how long it would take to make it across). If we were to scale that down and make the Milky Way Galaxy the size of North America then our solar system would be the size of a Quarter. Wow! Now let's expand our comprehension even farther, let's travel out to the edge of the known universe. If we did that then we would be 31 million light years away from earth. As you traveled to the edge of the universe you would pass by billions of stars and thousands of other galaxies, all of which seem so vast to us yet they are minuscule to our God.
As I was listening to Louie I started thinking about how big God is and the fact that we are small and how incredible it is that the God of all creation who can hold the entire universe in his hand could become small enough to live inside of my heart. WOW!! Why would God even want to live in my heart? Why would He want to humble himself and come to earth in human form, giving up all the grandeur of heaven and the splendor of the heavens proclaiming His majesty just for me? The answer is simple really: He loves me and has a perfect plan for my life. The same is true for you. He loves you and has a perfect plan for your life. God desires to fill not only the entire universe with His glory (Ephesians 4:10) but He also desires to fill us with joy, belief and the power of the Holy Spirit so that we can abound in hope.
Did you hear that, he wants us to abide in hope. The hope of a new nature, the hope of a new and better life, the hope of forgiveness, the hope of being reunited with Him in glory. Hope that comes from us making one little decision. Really it is a big decision, but it is still one decision that we have to make. It is probably the most important decision we will ever make in our lives! It is the decision to give our will and life to Jesus in order that He can live inside our heart and forgive us of all our sins and give us the hope He has promised.
So my question for you today is this: Have you made the decision to ask Jesus, the creator of the entire Universe, to come into your heart and fill you with joy, belief, and the power of The Holy Spirit, so that you may have the hope he has promised?
He is waiting for you to make that decision and to really start living like you have a hope. When he created the universe he had a plan and that plan included you. He has a special plan for just you.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare [Or peace] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. -Jeremiah 29:11
What are you waiting on?
It's time to make your HOPE BIG!
BXFC
(Be Xtreme For Christ)
Pastor Sean