Four days ago, you hit a ceiling. Today we find out what the more actually was.
The Misconception: The More I Want Is Something God Gives
Most of our asking is for more from Him. Answers. Relief. Breakthrough. A bigger life. A better season. And He does give. Scripture is full of a generous God.
But if all you ever ask for is what He gives, you'll keep hitting the same ceiling. Because the ceiling was never a shortage of blessings. The ceiling was settling for His gifts when He was offering Himself.
The Man Who Turned Down the Promised Land
Exodus 33 is one of the most surprising conversations in Scripture. After Israel's failure with the golden calf, God tells Moses to go on to the land He promised, a land flowing with milk and honey. He'll send an angel ahead of them. He'll drive out their enemies. But He adds something hard: "I will not go with you."
Most of us would take that deal. A land, an angel, a victory. Everything promised.
Moses said no. Verse 15: "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here." Then he asks the question at the center of this whole week: "What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?" (v. 16)
God says yes. And Moses, standing in that yes, asks for the thing underneath: "Now show me your glory." (v. 18)
He didn't want a promised land. He wanted the Promise-Giver.
What the Song Declares
"How Great" by Tauren Wells and Hulvey is a declaration that nothing compares. Nothing in this world, no one anywhere, is worthy of a crown that belongs to God alone. The song asks the questions only Jesus can answer: who else has authority over the grave? What other king would give His own blood to save a soul? Hulvey's verse presses in: every knee will bow, but the difference is the ones who choose to kneel now. A name that parted seas and put him on his own knees. The Lamb who gave up everything. A Healer who has touched the deepest pain. A Father who makes a home for the orphan. One day at His feet is worth more than anything in the sky, and seeing us set free was worth the tomb.
Notice what the song is excited about. Not a blessing. Not a breakthrough. Him.
The Prayer Behind the Week
Paul prays for the church in Ephesians 3:19 that they would "know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Not filled with more things. Filled with more of Him.
That's the answer to the question you asked on Day One. Is this it? No. There's more. And the more is Him.
Try This Today
For a few minutes today, pray without asking for anything. No requests. Just thank Him, praise Him, and tell Him what you've noticed about who He is. It sounds simple. It's harder than you'd think, and it might be the most honest prayer you've prayed in a while.
Not more from Him. More of Him. There's more.
If this arc did something in you this week, there's more waiting. The full THERE'S MORE experience is in The JDOT Five app, in FIVE DAYS ESSENTIALS for your group, and in Text Circle for a few friends.
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