Greater Yet

There is an arrogant, cerebral bunch who believe God is confined to their understanding of scripture. Not only is God not limited to our understanding of the scriptures, but He is not limited to scripture at all!

The scriptures even say that Jesus did all kinds of things not recorded in the Bible. The very last verse of arguably the greatest Gospel, John, says this: And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen. – John 21:25

In other words, God reserves the right to do tons of things not written down, recorded, or mapped out! The Bible declares that there are some things God speaks which He doesn’t allow to be written. They are for the hearer only.

And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.” Revelation 10:4

I would never advocate any form of departure from the Bible, so if I’m pegging your cringe meter, dial it down. I’m just saying you have permission to experience God in a personal, powerful way that is way beyond our limited understanding of scripture.

When the woman with the issue of blood crawled to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment, or when the knuckleheads tore apart a roof to lower their paralyzed friend down to Jesus for healing, they were not acting within the confines of what was written. Their actions and their faith were off the map!

They discovered a part of God’s heart no one else had before. Today is a good day to go off the map. Go after Jesus in a new way and be amazed when He shows up like you never imagined.