Lifting the Limits

And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief (Matthew 13:54–58, KJV).

Unbelief is the greatest hindrance to the work of God—that and limiting God. Too many of us have decided in our minds how we’re going to allow God to move in our life. We don’t realize God has a plan for our lives, miracles to pour out; His plans for us are bigger than what we’re allowing Him to do.

We have a tendency to hold back based on what we’ve experienced and/or seen in the past. However, this limits God to do only what He’s done before. God is a Creator and wants to create something new in our lives. There is still an active Word (rhema) of God today. God has a “right now” Word He wants to speak into our lives coupled with a “right now” blessing. He has something fresh and new He wants to do in our lives today.

Lifting the Limits

Realize What We’re Missing

We need to get in the mindset of more.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us (Ephesians 3:20, KJV).

God has always wanted to do more in His people. He came that we have abundant life (John 10:10), do greater works (John 14:12), and bear more fruit (John 15:2). It’s okay not to be satisfied with the ordinary. We need to seek God for more!

Dedicate Ourselves to What We Can Do

We do play a part in what God can do in our life. The power is working in us, and we need to utilize that power in the right places. With God’s help, we need to aim to be what God desires for us to be. We should dedicate ourselves to this process and prioritize our work for God more than anything else (Matthew 6:33).

We don’t dedicate ourselves because we’re too distracted by the things in this life. Our focus should be on our relationship with Jesus. We also don’t dedicate ourselves because we’re lazy. We can’t save any of our efforts for this world. Paul said that we need to run our race to obtain the prize, and not save our efforts until the end. If we do, we might finish our race and realize we had more to give (I Corinthians 9:24–27).

Put it in the Hands of God

If we allow God to work through us, we need to receive His power—the Holy Ghost! God’s Spirit needs to be mixed into anything that we do; it has to be the fuel for our life. God’s power is His supernatural presence; the supernatural must mix with the natural! God wants to do something through His people and we need to make ourselves available for God to do this work.

Wanting More

Today, we need to lift the limits off God and see what He really wants to do in our life. It’s time that we take a moment and ask Him what He wants to do and where we’ve been limiting Him. Once we’ve identified those areas of our life, all we have to do is ask God to help us tear down those limits and He will work in a mighty way.