Stop Limiting God

Why is it so easy for us to put God in a box?  We pull him out on Sunday and then the rest of the week we put him back in His box and on the shelf. I am just as guilty.  We have our plans, routines, and schedules and God forbid He come in and mess up all of that. We put limitations on ourselves, but God see what we could be doing.  We say God I can't do that, yet God says Yes You can. God Dares us. Our fears hold us back.

There is a story of a widow woman whose fear was holding her back.  She had a debt she couldn't pay and was in fear of losing her two sons.  The man of God asked "what do you have in your house?" She answered "just a little oil."  In her mind that was not enough to matter. She was expecting the man of God to
something Grand. A lot of time when we pray and ask God for something we expect some grand expectation from God. Sometimes God does things SLOWLY. This is one of those times.  The man of God told her to go to her neighbors and ask for ALL empty jars not just a few but ALL.  And to start filling them up with oil and selling them.  God was daring her to trust Him. God knew where she was. He knows where you are too.

You may be sitting here reading this going this doesn't apply to me. I have it all together. I read my Bible and go to church and there is nothing God could be daring me to do.  God knows you and knows where you really are. He knows you appear on the outside to have it all put together but on the inside you are struggling.

God has planted a seed in all of us that we have yet to touch.  Bring your empty jars and fill them up with your worship, your joy, peace, happiness, faith, hope, etc. Let God

I want to leave you with a verse that has been very impactful in my life

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)