Big Things Poppin

Big Things Poppin

If everything starts with a thought, what are you thinking about? Small minded thinking rarely includes others but focuses on I and me; while big minded thinking focuses on we and us. Big thoughts have the capacity to look past immediate circumstances in order to see the big picture; while small thoughts fixate on the snap shot, instead of the whole picture.

Genesis 25:21-23(NIV) reads; Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”  What were Isaac’s thoughts about the situation? He was concerned about his wife being childless; so much so that he prayed to God about it. Isaac didn’t go put his wife on blast, belittling her for not giving him a child. Isaac didn’t go find another woman to sleep with, to increase his chances of having a child. As a husband, I could learn a lot from Isaac’s response to a need; which is to pray. As a man, it can be downright humbling to ask for help; especially when you’re designed to be a provider. I have heard it said that, “When a man is in difficulty and has tried every other means of escape, only then will he pray”.  At this point the couple’s thought was to have a child but let’s look at God’s thought about the situation. The Lord said, “Two nations are in your womb”. The couples thinking is to birth a child but Gods thinking about birthing a Nation!  You can’t survive with an 8 track mindset in a high tech society.