The God of Too Much!

Saturday 6-20-15 (Home in Modesto)

Scripture reading:  2 Kings 4-5     Psalm 83    1 Tim 2

S.  2 Kings 4:42-44  One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made from the first grain of his harvest. Elisha said, "Give it to the group of prophets so they can eat." "What?" his servant exclaimed. "Feed one hundred people with only this?"  But Elisha repeated, "Give it to the group of prophets so they can eat, for the LORD says there will be plenty for all. There will even be some left over!"  And sure enough, there was plenty for all and some left over, just as the LORD had promised.  NLT

O.  Elisha was running a Bible School.  He was preparing a group of 100 ‘men of God’ to multiply his effectiveness throughout the land.  These boys were learning, among other things, to believe God for miracles. 

A.  I want to grab onto that last phrase above.  “…there was plenty for all and some left over!”  Our God is a God of “too much!”  He is the God of “the abundant life” of John 10:10.   The prodigal’s generous Father said to his elder son,  “everything I have is yours.” (Luke 15:31)   When Jesus blessed the loaves and fishes both times there was “more than enough.”  David writes, “My cup runneth over!”  (Psalm 23:5)  And Paul says God gives us “…infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope.” (Eph 3:20)  Wow!  That’s just too much! 

P.  Lord Jesus, it has been the story of my life.  You always give more than I ask.  I live with Your wonderful surprises.  Sometimes the path ahead seems steep, but I push ahead because… because… I remember that You are the God of too much, more than enough for every situation.  Lord, today I quote Your “double portion man”, Elisha: “… the LORD says there will be plenty for all.  There will even be some left over!"  Hallelujah!

Ralph