The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.’

Whitney Houston’s song for the 1988 Seoul Olympics contained the words: ‘I want one moment in time when I’m more than I thought I could be…’

Isaiah 60:22 speaks of the multiplying effect God can have on a human life. (As we saw yesterday, verse 21 points to a beautifying effect). The Lord can make you more than you ever thought you could be.

It may be that you look back on your life with some disappointment. Maybe you feel you haven’t achieved all you should have done. Even so, it is not too late. As long as you have life and breath, God can take you and use you. He is able to do in you and through you ”more than all” you can ”ask or imagine”, for His glory (Eph.3:20,21).

The Whitney Houston song actually says:

‘I want one moment in time
When I’m more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heart beat away
And the answers are all up to me.’

Our Isaiah text for today makes it utterly clear that none of this is about me. It is about something the Lord will do in His own time. When it is time for Him to move, things can happen swiftly.

While in England, D.L. Moody heard evangelist Henry Varley say, “The world has yet to see what God can do through a man who is totally yielded to Him.” Moody was captivated by these words and resolved, “By the Grace of God, I will be that man!”

The answers were not all up to him, but how God worked through him.