Cherries

Steve Brown is a pastor, seminary professor, and radio commentator here in the Orlando area. Recently on the radio he shared the story of a young boy who was visiting a farm. On the farm was a huge cherry orchard. The owner of the farm, a generous man, told the young boy to pick as many cherries as he'd like, and to eat them all!

The timid young boy picked one little cherry and popped it in his mouth.

The farmer laughed and then gathered up an enormous bunch of cherries and plopped them all in the young boy's hands. The boy was stunned at the farmer's generosity. There were more cherries than the boy could even handle. But then he enjoyed his cherry feast, despite his initial timidity, all because of a generous farmer.

God is like the farmer.

And frequently we are like the young boy.

Many times we underestimate God and the vastness of the blessings that He has in store for us. Many times we are satisfied with just one cherry from the orchard, when God wants to fill up both of our hands until they are overflowing with cherries!

In Malachi 3:10 (TNIV), God talks about how He will "throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enoug to store it."

Can you handle that much blessing?

Can you handle that many cherries?

God's waiting to give it all to you.

And He's waiting for you to accept it.

With two hands. Not just one.

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