By Robert H. Schuller
"God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask, seek, or think." -Ephesians 3:20
A man was fishing off a pier one day. Each time he'd catch a fish, he'd measure it with a little ruler he pulled from his tackle box. If it was ten inches or less, he threw it in a bucket to take home. If it was more than ten inches long, he threw it back into the sea.
Another man sitting nearby thought this guy was crazy for throwing back the bigger fish. He finally asked, "Excuse me, but why do you throw back the big ones and keep only the little fish?
The fisherman said, "Well, it's simple-my frying pan's only ten inches across!"
Now, you may laugh at that response, but the news I have for you is this-you and I are that fisherman! We're that fisherman whenever we throw away dreams that seem too big to accomplish. When God sends dreams our way, if they're small enough, we grab hold, but if they're too big and we're sure they're impossible, we don't follow them in fear of failure. In the process, we turn our backs on some of the greatest opportunities that life-and God-will ever give us.
God is going to stretch your arms today. God is going to stretch your dreams right now. God is going to allow you to think bigger even though it's risky because God's ideas are always impossible when we first get them. It's His way of ensuring that He's a part of it, knowing that we can't pull it off without Him.
So I ask you to pray this prayer today:
Dear God help me to catch the dream even if it's bigger and more uncertain than any dream I've dreamt before. Help me to think bigger. Walk with me and let's make it happen. Let's be in the miracle-making business, God, You and me, together. Amen.
