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It Might Have been [ Selected ] June 21, 2003 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. (Ephesians 3:14-21) There are high places, or notable days and times, which are prophesied of and talked about in the Bible. There is a greater and notable day of the Lord ahead of every one of us---the day of final judgment. We want you to realize that we're not only to be judged for what we have done, but also for what we could have done! Brother, sister, if we ever have a real revival, there are two things, which must happen; one, we'll have to see God greater, mightier, and more terrible than we're seeing Him; two, we must see ourselves as we really are, as God looks upon us. It stirs us deeply when we begin to realize that we are going to face a judgment where we'll be judged, not only for what we have done, but also for what we could have done. Oh, what could have been done, what sacrifice could have been made, how much more time could have been spent in prayer, or how many more tears could have fallen from our eyes, if we had been more sincere in what we wanted to see come to pass? How many more souls could have been won? Thank God for what is being done, but if we are true Christians, we'll never be satisfied with ourselves. If we're satisfied with what we're doing, we might be in bad shape, (coming up short of potential and responsibility) already. A poet has said that the saddest words of tongue or pen are these four words: it might have been. What could have been done in place of what was done? Verse 20 of our Scripture text says, "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think." The Apostle Paul is letting us (the Church) know that there are resources in God, which we have never touched. They were there then and they're still there today. The spirit of the age is one, which tries to curb the mind of man, making us feel that we're in a day when God does less than He has ever done. Preachers will get up and say, "Back in the days of miracles, back when God used to heal the body, back when people used to shout, or back when God filled people until they ran the aisles." The "big move on" is to minimize God and make us feel that He doesn't work today, that He's not as powerful today, or that we can't get hold of Him today. Well, let's "turn the tide"! Let's begin to move toward "maximising God"!
May we all get to the place that we are quick to captivate any thought of
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