God In A Box

While I was out shopping the other day I had one of those very rare occasions when I actually had time to kill. I know it’s only October, but, I couldn’t help but wander into the Christmas department. It’s actually a nice time of year to browse around. Not many people are shopping in that area yet so I could take my time and just look. As I turned a corner a tinsel wreath caught my eye. It was bright blue and down right gaudy. My mind took a trip down memory lane to my childhood Christmases. It was a wonderful time of year in our family. Decorating our live tree was a family event. Dad laid out the strings of lights on the floor the full length of our living room. He made sure that all the bulbs were lit. Mom and us kids hung the ornaments and tinsel. The wreath in the store looked a lot like the tinsel garland we placed on our tree every year.

Another memory entered my head…it was the look on my Dad’s face at Christmas time. Internet didn’t exist and we didn’t have huge department stores in my hometown. Instead, we anxiously waited for the arrival of the JC Penney and Sears Christmas catalogs in the mail. The catalogs were almost 2” thick. They were full of every kind of clothing, tool, housewares or gift you could imagine. I skipped all the pages of merchandise and turned directly to the back of the catalog to the toy section. I looked through those catalogs so many times that I wore out the pages. Finally, I took a pen and paper and made my Christmas wish list. I wrote down which doll and other toys I wanted and the page number it was on. The weeks of waiting for Christmas Eve seemed to drag by. Sometimes I would get so excited for Christmas to get here I almost made myself sick. Virtually everyday I talked and talked about my Christmas list, (just to make sure my parents remembered what was on it.) My Dad always had a kind of sparkle in his eyes..like he knew something that I didn’t…
When the time to open gifts finally came I was blessed to get most of the things on my list.

That day in the store I heard my Heavenly Father speak to my heart, “Every day is Christmas Day when you seek me.”

“And He could not do a miracle there at all [because of their unbelief] except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.”
Mark 6:5

The Lord said, “I am the Good Father. Everything you will ever need, want, or desire is found in me. My blessings are free gifts purchased in full by my blood. I have wrapped them within the promises of My Word.”

In my heart I saw a picture of a stack of boxes some were wrapped and some were not. These boxes represented a treasure trove of every need, petition, and desire that you or I have had or ever would have in our hearts during our lifetime. The wrapped gifts were the things we had already “wrapped” by confessing God’s Word over them. Some things were big some were small, but, each one was equally important to God.

“I too have a twinkle in my eye. I smile at my children because I know that their petition; their “wish list” is on it’s way. The excitement and faith of my children as they wait on their answer thrills me!”

Then, I noticed that the stack of unwrapped boxes was much larger than the wrapped ones…“These unwrapped gifts are the things that very few people dare to ask for. They contain healing, deliverance, favor, protection, wisdom, break throughs and countless other things.”

The Truth that the Lord was showing me was simply this…our all knowing, all loving God, maker of the universe is limited. He is limited not because of His lack of power; but, by our inability to trust and believe.

“Immediately Jesus extended His hand and caught him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14:31

I couldn’t help but wonder just how many blessings I have missed out on in my life because I was too afraid or ignorant of God’s Word to believe? How much more of God’s goodness would I be enjoying if only I would have stepped out in faith? I had to repent…”Father, I am sorry. Please forgive me for limiting you.” I noticed something else about the unwrapped boxes. They were made of very thin paper. To tear off the sides of the box I had God in would take little effort. All I needed was the resolve to dig deeper into His Word. All I needed to was to spend time with Him and listen for His voice.

How about you, my friends? Will you join me on this life long journey? Will step out and dare to dream bigger dreams? Will you dare to believe that there’s more waiting for you then what you have ever experienced?

Our Wonderful, Heavenly Father is waiting with a twinkle in His eye. The price has already been paid… all He is waiting for is for you to speak His Word. Tear down the walls of the box you have Him in…and discover how wonderfully limitless He truly is.

“Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish.”
Jeremiah 33:3