There is Nothing Too Small For God!

This morning we continue our series “Grace that is Simply Amazing.”  I don’t know how many times I have preached about the fact that there is nothing too hard for God.  I routinely say, “There is nothing God can’t do.”  However, most of the time, the emphasis is on God doing something big.  But this morning I will share a story that shows the grace of God, even in things we might consider small.

This account is barely mentioned from the pulpit and seems to be overshadowed by the many great works of Jesus in the earth, but it is nonetheless noteworthy.  As part of Jesus’ itinerant ministry He arrived at Peter’s house for a respite.  When He got there Peter’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever.  Most people think prayer, healing, miracles, and the such are reserved for cancer, AIDS, and terminal illnesses; but God is as much interested in removing a headache as He is removing cancer.  Anything that is keeping you from walking in the fullness God has for your life is a hindrance and the Father is willing to remove it.  Without question, the Father wants you to maximize your purpose and potential in the earth.  This being the case, Jesus did not overlook the fever.  A fever may not seem like a big deal, but it was keeping Peter’s mother-in-law from doing what she wanted to do.  It was not God’s will that she be bedridden.

Before we get to the healing I need to highlight the fact that this was another grace case.  Peter did not ask Jesus to heal his mother-in-law.  She did not beg Him or fall at His feet for a breakthrough.  No, this was Jesus motivated by love again.  Jesus walked over the bed and touched her without anyone asking Him to.  The fever left her body as quickly as His hand left her skin.  She was restored to health and fully capable of operating in Gods’ best for her life.  So what did she do?  Did she get up and run to church?  Did she go to her prayer room and have a worship service?  Did she fall down and cry tears of joy over Jesus’ feet?  NO!  Jesus got up and prepared a meal for her guests.  Once she was no longer bound she did what she would have done if the fever had never touched her body.  She waited on her guests like any honorable person would.

So what does this mean to you today? A few things:
1.  It is the will of God that every hindrance to His best be removed.  The only exceptions are those things that seem like hindrances, but that are actually helping propel you into His best.

2.  God is just as interested in removing a headache or a fever as He is any other hindrance.  So it is OK to pray about anything that is keeping you from God’s best.

3.  Sometimes you are down and out, without any expectation of a breakthrough, and God sweeps in to give you a turnaround by grace.  That’s amazing!

4.  The Father wants you to maximize the purpose and potential He has placed in you.

5.  It is the will of God that every hindrance to His best be removed.  The only exceptions are those things that seem like hindrances, but that are actually helping propel you into His best.

6.  You were not saved to sit, you were saved to serve.

7.  God wants you healed, healthy, blessed, and prosperous; so you can make the maximum impact in this world He wants to make through you.

What has God blessed you to do that you are not doing?  What has God called you to do that you are sitting down on?  Make up your mind today to go for it!

Closing Confession:  Father, I thank You for Your loving grace.  I thank You for honoring my faith.  But I also thank You for moving in my life by grace.  I can’t count the times when my expectations were not up, but You stepped in and blessed me anyway.  There is nothing too small for You.  I don’t worry about anything, but rather pray about everything!  I am healed, healthy, blessed and prosperous.  I have been saved to serve, not sit, and i will do just that.  I repent for sitting down on the gifts that You have blessed me with and I declare that I will step out in faith today and every day to seek to be used of You.  I shall maximize my purpose and potential while I am in the land of the living!  In Jesus’ name.  Amen!