Have you ever tired to fit something in a place it didn't belong?
Let me tell you growing up as someone with hoarder-ish tendencies and a
lack of and just right distaste for anything organization related....I
was a shover....
I'd shove stuff here and shove stuff there, rarely in the right place,
hoping that my attempt at "cleaning" my room would be sufficient.
When I look back now I think how much time I would have saved if I
hadn't wasted the energy trying to fit things in places where they
didn't belong.Especially since I couldn't find them later.I know mom, I
know, You....were...riiiight.
How often do we do the same thing with God? How many times do we lose
sight of how HUGE God is and try to shove Him in a box he was never
meant to go in!Why are we so determined to serve a shrunken God?
Our human nature can be so logical sometimes can't it?We look at a
situation and if we can't rationalize it or see any logical explanation
or way out we think there isn't one and start to doubt. Doubt then leads
to worry which leads us to fear causing us to live a life God never
intended us to live!
We shrink God down to the point we can fit him in our neat little
comfortable box.God has no restrictions in Himself but we give him
restrictions within us.Which often leaves us stuck in the same
circumstances,with the same struggles and fears but hey at least we're
in control right?...or so we think.Why are we so often content with a
mediocre life?
We dont think about the fact that by doing that we limit an unlimited
God. We are putting restrictions on what we believe he can and can not
do in our lives.
The bible says He is "able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think."Eph 3:20
I cant comprehend that verse and thats exactly why I love it!I don't
know about you but I'd rather have a God I can't fully understand.A God
that I can't shove into a box because he's just too dang HUGE for that.
NOTHING is impossible for him, NOTHING is too Big.No restrictions,no
limits.
It's not what we face in life that holds us back or keeps us from victory it's how we
view God in the midst of facing it!Stop wasting your time and energy
trying figure things out and put them in place, chances are you're wrong
anyway! You don't have to have it all figured out because God already
does, that's why it's called faith. He'll reveal to you exactly what you
need and when you need it.
"Be still and know that I am God" such a simple verse but one that can
have such great impact if we can learn to rest in it regardless of what
we are going through.
There are no limits to what God can do. No limits to his power.There are
no limits to his saving grace.So stop focusing on how big your trial is
and start trusting how much Bigger God is!
Prayer starter: Dear God, I may not understand what I'm going through, it may look impossible or endless and I may be exhausted and ready to give up at times but help me know that you are so much greater than what I'm facing. Help me to focus my mind and my heart on just how powerful you are instead of on how big my circumstances appear to be.Nothing is impossible for you.
