Sometimes I think that my bucket is almost too deep for God to fill with grace. Its not that he doesn’t want to give it to me but maybe I need too much!  How am I going to fill it?

Will God fill up the bucket no matter the size? Of course, He told me He would in Scripture (2Pt 1:3). I think that He tells me in so many other ways, too. My heart seems to know and understand that there is more to it then just the problem of the bucket.

I find it interesting that God would have a bucket list. Teresa Tomeo even wrote a book called God’s Bucket List.

Have you every thought about what God desires in his heart, not for Himself, but for you?  What are the things that will bring you happiness and peace?

So what about the bucket? What does your bucket look like? Is it a wooden pail reminiscent of the kind used for a deep well that you might find in the country. Or is it the bucket that is shiny and new, made of metal? Where did the bucket come from and who gave it to me anyway?

If God gave me the bucket wouldn’t it make sense then that He would also give me the desire to fill it up? If he promised that His grace would be sufficient, then He should fill it up! Are we born with a bucket the size the grand canyon? Some days, I am sure that it’s huge! And then I get impatient.  One more lesson in trust.  One more reminder to ask God for my daily bread.

God promised that He has just the right amount to fill all the needs in your bucket. Ask him to fill it up.

But don’t forget to ask him to help you carry it!  Is grace heavy?  I don’t think so.  Grace is a gift from God to make our burdens lighter.

It’s the stuff I put in the bucket that is heavy.

What’s in your bucket?  What do you want to put in it?  What do you want to take out?

2 cor 12:9-10

Jesus, I trust in you!