H&M

There's been a steady flow of people that I've seen today. Some with me here in my office. Some while I have been out and about.

One of the folk I was with was speaking about a lovely provision from God. Out of the blue and totally unexpected. "I'd been thinking about it a bit," the man said, "but I hadn't ever really asked the Lord."

I reminded him that we had in fact - the two of us - prayed about this specifically, a month or two ago. He'd completely forgotten. Until, that is, I reminded him.

I think what kept him from making this clear connection was simply the fact that what the Lord has done for him is way beyond what he and I had asked the Lord to do. Way beyond. So much so it was almost, I suppose, unrecognisable as the answer to that prayer.

It's sometimes like that. We fail to make the connection because we fail to see that the Lord is not only able, but also pleased, to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think. Here was a case in point.

Hearing this today was a wonderful encouragement. The two of us had prayed about this matter maybe once or twice, a good few weeks ago at least. Earnestly, confidently, yes.

But the matter had slipped off the radar, overtaken by other more pressing and present concerns. It was good to be able to see, though, that it hadn't got lost under a whole big pile of papers on the desk of the Lord himself. It had still been there on his lengthy list of 'to-do's.

The Lord doesn't ever forget. And he's always so able, and always so willing, to be doing far more than all that we ask or think.

Far more. Half the time we fail to notice his answers to prayer because we're thinking way too small.

God is great. High and Mighty. He deals in 'big'.