God Asks… Do You Think It’s Too Difficult For Me?
March 3rd, 2008“For there is no restraint on the LORD to save by many or by few” (1 Sam 14) This was Jonathan’s rationale as he and his lone arbor bearer went looking for Philistine garrisons full of enemy soldiers to attack. Just two guys looking for enemy forts, and then attacking in full daylight against overwhelming odds and winning! Gotta love that kind of faith and courage!
Whether you are fighting enemy soldiers or dealing with hostile creditors or simply facing overwhelming odds in the thing you feel God has called you to, He is still able to save by many or by few. In April, 2002, my wife and I were staying at the Tickle Pink Inn in Carmel By The Sea, California. We were between a consulting engagement in San Diego and a seminar we were putting on in Grants Pass, Oregon. It was our first public, out of state Selling Among Wolves seminar and, as of two days before the event, there were only about two dozen registered. I was feeling overwhelmed. We had staff flying out the next day and thousands upon thousands of dollars of expenses and we were not charging for this seminar.
Those preceding days in Carmel, we were taking a break and walking the shoreline looking for whales swimming by in the deep, but to no avail. We saw every other kind of marine life but no whales which was a big disappointment to my wife. On our last morning there, overlooking the craggy sea coast I was fretting about having so few registrants while also asking God to let Brenda see a whale before we headed inland in a couple of hours. That’s when He spoke…
God said, “Do you think it’s too difficult for me to summon the creatures of the deep?”
That was a loaded question to which I answered, “No.”
He then reminded me of the miracle of the few loaves and fishes feeding the five thousand and asked, “Do you think it’s too difficult for me to meet your needs from a small group in Oregon?”
Of course, I answered, “No.”
As sure as God is my witness, immediately two whales surfaced swimming close to shore, blowing water through their spouts! God had summoned the creatures of the deep and I rested confident that He would meet our need in Oregon with only a few. And He did in a significant and overabundant way! God doesn’t need numbers to deliver you… He asks for your trust, your faith. Let’s give Him that today!
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