little boxes

I think God is working on me in the

faith department.

If you read my post yesterday,

you read about our washing machine

incident, and the repairs.

Well, three loads later,

all is well and the seal held! 

Today, I read a line from a friend:

"The reason so many people have rejected Christianity, 

is that they have been offered such a small god, 

through the life example of the christian sharing."

Maybe it's having 7 kids at home...

Maybe it's my weird ability to think in movie quotations...

but my first thought was a line from Disney's Aladdin.

The Genie is telling Aladdin about being a genie and he says:

"PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER...

itty bitty living space!"

I wonder if that's how God feels sometimes.

In our lives, we have this amazing ability to

tap into the most phenomenal cosmic power...

but we keep God in this little box we pull out

on Sunday mornings and holidays.

Or when we are afraid.

Or when we are scared.

Or when we need something.

Or when we can't figure out any other way out of a problem.

Or when our team is about to take the field.

Maybe American Christians do treat God like a Genie in a lamp, after all.

Maybe the reason we have such little faith 

is because we have not allowed the God who 

created everything out of nothing 

to take our dumpy little lives

and create something AMAZING!

Maybe if we were expecting the AMAZING

instead of limiting God

to some warm fuzzy feeling we get during worship

or a cliche punchline on TV...

maybe then we would 

have our whole world rocked

by what He can do when let out of that little box!

I've chosen to expect something AMAZING.

I've chosen to live expecting to see what the Lord 

does in my life and have my jaw drop open,

eyes wide and say 

"WHOA!! Did you SEE THAT???"

What awesomeness are YOU expecting to see?