More than enough

Many of us think that our God is one who gives us only what we need. To depend on God means scrapping by, having it just enough... barely. (ngam ngam ho, in cantonese)

I used to believed that too, and I think it has robbed me of many wonderful years of enjoying his abundance. You see the bible says, the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want, not in any lack, not in decrease. In other words, you have everything you want and not just the thing you need. 

This got ne thinking. Are they examples in the bible that showed this character of God? Plently!!! As I ponder on it, one example after another started to show. For example, did Peter had to walk on water? Was it necessary? He simply wanted it and Jesus said ok. Peter walked on water as long as his eyes was on Jesus. Then there was the feeding of 5000 with 5 loaves and 2 fishes. At the end there was 12 basketful left over AFTER the people had as much as they WANTED. Then there was the casting out of "Legion". The guy didn't even ask for it. But Jesus did it for him anyway. And the cured man went to decapolis (the 10 big cities) to tell people of Jesus. And my wife's favourite - Jesus gave the wedding about 800 bottles of wine (750ml x 800 = 600 litres) AFTER they were too drunk to tell good wine from bad wine. And He gave them the best wine. 

There's more, and here's one closer to our timeline. A close friend of mine, having been experiencing the amazing grace of Jesus, went back to Ipoh and started telling his sister about Jesus and all that He has done for him. She was moved and asked him to pray for her husband's car workshop. The workshop has been experiencing slow business and she is hoping that God can help.

After prayers, the next day, cars started to line up outside the workshop at 9am. They had to work until 2am the following day to finish servicing all the cars! She was so happy that she told her husband, who is not a believer, that Jesus had done that for them! 

He's a God of more than enough. Jesus is your shepherd today and you will increase.