Glass Box

Because of you, I know the path of life, as I taste the fullness of joy in your presence.
At your right side I experience divine pleasures forevermore! (Psalm 16:11 TPT)

Imagine that you are in a glass box, but God wants you to be liberated from it. That glass box keeps you from being all that God intended you to be. Imagine God tells someone to remove the clear glass box from around you, but you know that if they break it with a hammer you will get injured by the shards of glass. Imagine that God gives you another way to remove this box: to worship and praise him so much that the spiritual “heat” this generates will melt and unseal the box from the inside. Imagine that as you praise God your pure worship will break down the things that have held you back from moving on into the next – enlarged – place that God has for you. In the Bible we hear a one-verse story of God answering a man’s prayer for an enlargement.

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would indeed bless me and enlarge my border [property], and that Your hand would be with me, and You would keep me from evil so that it does not hurt me!” And God granted his request.  (1 Chronicles 4:10 AMP)

This “Prayer of Jabez” is short but powerful. He desires for his influence in the world to be expanded. He desires for God to be with him and keep him from evil. And God grants him the desires of his heart. We, too, can have the Holy Spirit-deposited desires of our hearts fulfilled. What if you could know more peace? What if you could be further filled with joy? What if you would have more of God’s wisdom, discernment, and revelation for the decisions you make? What if that box – that glass ceiling and walls around you – could be removed from you, your family, and your community? What if the Kingdom impact and effect you have could be enlarged so that more people know, love, serve, and worship God?

I pray that he would unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might and explosive power. Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life. Then you will be empowered to discover what every holy one experiences—the great magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is his love! How enduring and inclusive it is! Endless love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God! Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination!  He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you. (Ephesians 3:16-20 TPT)

Let us go after an enlarged spiritual territory and more freedom in Christ!

God,

Thank you for the freedom that comes through life in Jesus Christ. Thank you for the ways you are growing us and expanding our lives. Thank you for the ways you are breaking off us things that have constricted us. Holy Spirit, unveil within us the unlimited riches of your glory and favor until supernatural strength floods our innermost being with your divine might and explosive power. Release the life of Christ deep inside us, so the resting place of your love will become the very source and root of our lives. Empower us to discover the great magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is your love! How enduring and inclusive it is! Endless love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—pour into us this extravagant love until we are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God! Energize us with your miraculous power and your deep hope, we ask in Jesus’s name. AMEN

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