Randy Winton

I want to see God do something BIG. I mean it. Something Gi-normous that can ONLY be explained by Him. And I let Him know about it this morning.

I’ve actually been talking about this for awhile now, but I am to the point I am really craving to be part of something so big that nobody else but God is seen in it. Does that make sense?

I was reading about Alex Kendrick, the guy from Sherwood Baptist Church whose congregation has put out the movies “Flywheel”, “Facing the Giants” and now “Fireproof.” What was interesting about this article is that Alex became aware of media’s role in reaching people … that movies “were more influential in our culture than what the church is doing.” So, he takes this information and he begins to pray that God would do something huge. Kendrick is a guy who learned how to use a video camera by shooting movies in his backyard with his neighborhood friends and his brother when they were younger … THAT was their experience in movie-making - a bunch of 12 year olds launching themselves off swingsets to make a scene of their own “action” movie.

So, now as a grown man, he finds himself the Minister of media at Sherwood Baptist Church and asking God to do something far beyond anything he could imagine. He trusts God, He puts it in God’s hands … He basically asks God to ”show me your glory.” What transpired are the three movies (the first one cost $20,000 to make, “Giants” had a $100,000 budget, and “Fireproof” is making a huge splash all over the world) that will open doors for God to “do His thing.” 

That’s what I’m talking about.

So, I was driving to Pensacola this morning and on the way, I found myself talking to God. I told Him in no uncertain terms that I want Him to “show me Your glory”. My students know that I’ve been praying for and expecting some sort of miracle to happen this year. I have no clue what this “miracle” is or what it means. I just know I want me, my family, my students and my church to be part of something that can only be explained by God. Something that will chase away “comfortable”, “sterile” and ”complacent” Christians who sit ever-so-content in a church pew week in and week out and replace them with committed, starving, needy and seeking Christians who jump out of the pew and jump at chances to serve Him.

I know that’s a big statement. But it’s true.

Here’s why: my students in my youth group are being challenged to accept this miracle this year. After 7 years as their youth minister, my prayer has always been to witness a miracle in our student ministry. I feel like God is preparing our hearts for something BIG. And, in all honesty … I think they are ready to experience God in a BIG way - some for the first time in their lives.

Moses was like that. I mean, he knew what it meant to experience royalty and he knew what it meant to experience God in a burning bush. Still, he boldly asked God a BIG question: “Show me Your Glory” - Exodus 33:18.

Not anybody can ask such a question. Only those with great faith; only those whose great faith is the result of having spent time with God; only those who desire to be  “Kingdom” minded can ask such a BIG question. Here’s why: in asking God such a thing, Moses was requesting God to show him just how BIG He is - His very essence and His very character. You just can’t ask this question if you don’t have an understanding of Who He is.

You just can’t ask unless you have spent time with Him and experienced His grace, love, forgiveness and mercy. It’s simply not possible.

He’s much bigger than we could ever imagine … yet, He gave us the gift of salvation … simply because we matter to Him.

Now, that’s BIG.

Wanna know what else is BIG? After God had allowed Moses to see Him (from the back), it changed him forever. When he walked down the mountain, his face shone so that all could see that he had been with God.

May we all shine like Moses and live BIG lives that have an impact on others.

May we be Kingdom-minded.

May we be willing to ask God to do something HUGE, then do what He wants us to - all the while hiding behind the cross, so that He gets all the glory.

Finally, may our faith, our desire and our “craving” to experience Him this way, have such an impact that our community, our teenagers, our moms and dads and all those who sit ever so “attentively” in a church pew week in and week out be drastically changed.