“Big mouths get big miracles” sounds like a weird title, but it’s the title of the message we heard this morning in church. We attended a new church hoping to hear some good, biblically-sound preaching, and we got what we wanted! I really desire to share the main point of the message with you because sometimes we get so caught up in life that we forget what we are really supposed to be doing.
So, what’s the point of “big mouths get big miracles”? Well, it all starts in Psalm 81:10 – “I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” I see two things in the second part of that verse. First, there is a visual picture. Have you ever watched a mother feeding baby food to her young child? The child knows that if he opens his mouth, his mother will put the spoon in, and his hunger will be satisfied. Second, the grammar side of me has to point out that “open thy mouth wide” is an imperative statement, or in other words, a command. If we open our mouths, God will fill our lives.
But what are we supposed to open our mouths for? We are to pray for that ‘big miracle’ and we are to pray believing (Matthew 21:21-23). Saying one prayer and then throwing our hands up in the air when the prayer isn’t answered immediately isn’t how we are to pray. Sometimes we get hung up on Matthew 7:7 – “Ask and it shall be given unto you…” No time frame for the giving is evident in that verse. What are we supposed to do in the meantime? Open our big mouths and continue to pray.
However, another part of opening our big mouths is praise. We are to praise the Lord for the answer He is going to give. If you are praying for a relative to accept Christ or to start attending church or even to be open to the idea of church, you are to praise the Lord for the day that relative will sit next to you in a church service or the day you will receive the phone call saying he/she has accepted Christ – the ‘big miracle’. Praise the Lord for the answer to the prayer even before it is answered. Again, the idea of praise is part of Matthew 21:22 – “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
Finally, consider these verses from Hebrews 4…
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart…Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
How big is your mouth?
So, what’s the point of “big mouths get big miracles”? Well, it all starts in Psalm 81:10 – “I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” I see two things in the second part of that verse. First, there is a visual picture. Have you ever watched a mother feeding baby food to her young child? The child knows that if he opens his mouth, his mother will put the spoon in, and his hunger will be satisfied. Second, the grammar side of me has to point out that “open thy mouth wide” is an imperative statement, or in other words, a command. If we open our mouths, God will fill our lives.
But what are we supposed to open our mouths for? We are to pray for that ‘big miracle’ and we are to pray believing (Matthew 21:21-23). Saying one prayer and then throwing our hands up in the air when the prayer isn’t answered immediately isn’t how we are to pray. Sometimes we get hung up on Matthew 7:7 – “Ask and it shall be given unto you…” No time frame for the giving is evident in that verse. What are we supposed to do in the meantime? Open our big mouths and continue to pray.
However, another part of opening our big mouths is praise. We are to praise the Lord for the answer He is going to give. If you are praying for a relative to accept Christ or to start attending church or even to be open to the idea of church, you are to praise the Lord for the day that relative will sit next to you in a church service or the day you will receive the phone call saying he/she has accepted Christ – the ‘big miracle’. Praise the Lord for the answer to the prayer even before it is answered. Again, the idea of praise is part of Matthew 21:22 – “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
Finally, consider these verses from Hebrews 4…
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart…Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
How big is your mouth?
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