Your Daily Devotional for February 28, 2006

February 28, 2006

 

Open Thy Mouth Wide

by Dr. Paul Chappell

 

“Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.”

Psalm 81:8-10

 

Today we see God’s willingness to bless us abundantly. God says here in verse ten, “I am the LORD God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” The promise here is that God will bless us in proportion to our willingness to be blessed.

 

God, time and time again, had delivered Israel from bondage and famine. He had led them through the wilderness. He had opened up the sea, and the waves drew themselves back in honor of God’s people, allowing them to cross on dry land. He had given them a land flowing with milk and honey. They truly were serving a powerful God! And that God was willing to bless them greatly. Notice that God does not say, “open a little and I’ll give you a little,” He says “open thy mouth WIDE, and I will fill it.” God did not want to just give them a morsel of his blessing, but a whole mouthful of it!

 

If this truth and promise from God’s people were kept, then there is no reason why we should not claim it as our own! The Bible says in Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” God’s promises to His people are as real today as they were thousands of years ago! You and I can claim the promises of God as our very own, alive unto this very moment. His power to keep his promises is still very much real!

 

God wants to bless you abundantly…but you have to open your mouth wide! This constitutes the faith for the mouth to be filled. As God sees your faith growing larger and larger, His blessing will flow farther and farther until there will be no room left to receive it, as in Malachi 3:10! But remember…your blessing will be only as “wide as your mouth is” or as much as you are willing to believe in.

 

God has never failed you. Things, maybe…jobs, maybe…people, maybe…but never God. He’s always provided and He doesn’t intend to stop. Why don’t we trust Him today and “open our mouths” in sweet abandon, trusting in his ability to fill our lives with the riches of his grace day in and day out? Pray a small prayer right now, wherever you are, asking God to fill your heart and life with his blessing. Remember, God wants to use you and to fill your day with joy, but you have to take the first step. You have to open your mouth. Don’t just open it a little…open it WIDE!

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