“Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.”
— Isaiah 54:2
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The Lord is never stingy with his grace. It is without measure. He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.[1] We see this in 2nd Chronicles 20 when the Lord delivers Israel a great victory without them needing to battle in order to display his power, and the spoil of their enemies was “more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering the spoil it was so much.”[2]
We see this in Exodus 36, when God poured out his spirit onto Bezalel and all the congregation in the wilderness to give them the desire and the skills needed to create the tabernacle and the objects consecrated to the priest’s office. The congregation is so abundant in charity that Moses has to tell them to hold back their gifts, “For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.”[3] Too much!
We see this in John 21, when at Jesus’ command the disciples lowered their net into the water and “they were not able to draw for the multitude of fishes.”[4]
It pleases the Lord that the poor in spirit should have the riches of heaven. Run to him, he has seen you coming and prepared a feast. Seek him, and you will find him. Come into his garden and hear him say, "...Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved."[5]
“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.”
— Psalm 36:8
[5] Song 5:1
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