Devotional: What If God Has More?

Acts 3:1–10

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Acts 3 offers a powerful opportunity for reflection. Every day, a lame man was placed by the temple gate, hoping for what he thought he needed most: a few coins to make it through the day. But what he asked for wasn't what he truly needed. That day, everything changed—not because he got what he expected, but because God gave him what he didn't even know to ask for.

How often are we just like that man—coming to God with limited expectations, asking for temporary solutions, while He holds eternal transformation in His hands?

1. We Don’t Always Know What We Need
The beggar wanted money. God gave him legs. He thought provision meant coins; God knew it meant restoration. When we pray, we often fixate on surface needs—jobs, relationships, finances. But God sees deeper. He sees the wounds that cripple us, the shame that silences us, the fears that paralyze us. And in His perfect love, He meets us not at the level of our requests, but at the level of our need.