Weekly Bread

“Limitations”

Over the centuries, mankind has been driven to do more and reach farther than the previous generation. Although we are now approximately six thousand years from the beginning of the Garden of Eden, there are many new things to discover. I would like to address the subject of limitations and how much of an impact the body of Christ can be.

Limitations are determined by numerous things such as technology, information, and the simple truth of one's own perception of himself. Information greatly affects the human heart by the lack of, or the presence of, wrong information. Information produces images and determines our limitations or boundaries. This being true, it becomes obvious that what we know is of the utmost importance. To expand the boundaries of the heart, there must be information that is processed within it to create the image. Not all information is bad, and neither is it all good.

I recently saw part of a program about how the television series, 'Star Trek', had affected and changed our generation. I’m not trying to promote secular television, but this helps me establish a point about information. An electronic engineer who watched Star Trek, was inspired by the communicating device they used on the program. He told the story of how he would try to enjoy a relaxing moment at home. As he was enjoying himself, the house phone would ring. As he made his way from the patio into the house, the phone would quit ringing. Out of that frustrating experience, he began pursuing fixing this problem. Eventually, the cellular phone was developed, because of his watching Captain Kirk calling the Enterprise.

As we all know, the cell phone has changed the way we communicate the world over. The wealth it has produced is phenomenal. Imagine what the body of Christ could do with the wealth that one idea has produced.

Some of the limitations we have experienced have been connected to the pulpits, and I don’t mean that in a critical or condemning way. We are all striving to be well pleasing to our Heavenly Father, but we’ve missed it in some areas. Sin has been preached so hard that the Saints have become sin-conscious instead of God-conscious. The results have caused the Saints to withdraw from certain arenas of society. The absence of Christians in these arenas leaves a void that becomes occupied with the darkness of unbelievers.

We need to experience the freedom to pursue God-given abilities. I wonder how many movies, songs, businesses, inventions, political influence,, etc.. have died unborn. I don't know many Christians who have been directly involved with great things that have shaped future generations in a positive way. I am not saying believers are lazy and unproductive. My intentions are to inspire your heart to break the limitations that are restricting your abilities. Don’t be limited by self-imposed opinions of yourself or the opinions of others, if they are contrary to God's.

Eph 3:20 says;

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.

The parameters of our asking is determined by the openness our heart to be influenced by the Holy Spirit and by the degree of information we have at our disposal. The Holy Spirit uses words to direct and provoke us to ask for the things we once thought to be impossible. In fact, this scripture conveys the idea that we need to ask and think so God has something to go beyond.

Without adequate information, we are limited in our endeavors. 2 Peter 1:2 conveys this same truth saying;

May grace (God's favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. [AMP]

What mighty things the body of Christ can accomplish when limitations are destroyed and the people of God are free to express His manifold grace. Allow Him to continue to develop you and be used for His Glory.

Pastor James Miller