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“I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it”.
Psalm 81:10 (NKJV)

I absolutely love this verse. It reminds me that God wants to fill us … the NLT (New Living Translation) even adds “with good things”. The word “fill” is translated from the word [male'] in the Hebrew (mah-lay), meaning to fill, fill up, relates to fullness, fulfilling, filling to the brim, etc.

It’s also interesting that of all the ways God could introduce and reveal Himself in this passage, He chooses to reveal Himself as the One who “brought you out of the land of Egypt”. If you remember, he brought them out of Egypt (bondage, slavery) to deliver them into a place “flowing with milk and honey” (abundance, freedom).

All of that is good – but it’s the “open your mouth wide” part that I love the most. I truly believe that God will “fill us” and “bless us” according to our measure of faith … according to how “wide” we open our mouths.

Do you remember the story of the widow who was in desperate need? Elisha told her to go and borrow empty vessels … he challenged her “do not gather just a few”. Picking that story up in 2 Kings 4:6, “Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full that she said to her son, ‘Bring me another vessel.’ And he said to her, ‘There is not another vessel.’, so the oil ceased.

It’s unclear if the widow gathered a lot of vessels, or only “just a few”. We know that she gathered enough to pay her debts and live on the rest. The reality is, as long as she had empty vessels (or wide-opened mouths) that the oil flowed. The oil here represented provision for her family, and deliverance from her debts.

As we are drawing near to the conclusion of 2007 and looking forward to 2008, I’m sure we all have needs, dreams, visions, and desires. Assuming that they are within the scope of God’s will for our lives, He desires to fulfill those needs, dreams, visions, and desires – in greater measure than we could ever imagine. He’s waiting for us to open our mouths wide.

How big is your faith? How wide are you willing to open your mouth? Don’t respond with a false humility that says “oh well, I will just ask for enough to get by … there are plenty of other people in greater need than I am …”. We need to understand that God wants to fill us full … overflowing. In doing so, he’s not running out of resources that could be used on someone else – don’t you agree that God has plenty for everyone?

Open your mouth WIDE …. and go prepare yourself with empty vessels that God can fill (a faith-filled heart!) … and not just a few. See what He will do for you!

Are you ready?

For the Kingdom,
Fred