Magnificent Life

*"You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told." Psalm 40:5* When we come to expect things of God, we often want Him to meet those expectations. We think that if we are good and do everything right, God should bless us with what we desire. However, what if God wants to go far beyond what we expect? What if He wants to do something greater in our lives than anything we could have imagined? Job 5:9 says, "the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number." Think about Jesus: In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed to God, "Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine." (Luke 22:42). This prayer reveals Jesus' great expectation of what was to come. He knew that he had to go through with the crucifixion and death on the cross, but he wanted his Father's will to be done, not his own. *Isaia