GOD’S POWER IN OUR LIMITATIONS!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2020.

SUBJECT: GOD'S POWER IN OUR LIMITATIONS!

Memory verse:  "Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5 vs 3.)

READ:  First Corinthians 1 vs 26 - 29:

1:26: For You see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
1:27: But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

1:28: and the base things of the world, and things which are despised, God has chosen, and things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 

1:29: that no flesh should glory in His presence.

INTIMATION:

Humans are imperfect. Each of us has a bundle of flaws and imperfections: physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. You may also have uncontrollable circumstances that weaken you, such as financial or relational limitations. We are God's creatures, and He has allowed these imperfections in our life for His predetermined purposes. God is always drawn to people who are weak and admit it. Jesus regarded this recognition of our need as being "poor in spirit." (Matthew 5 vs 3.) It's the number one attitude He blesses. If God considers perfection in using people, obviously nothing could be done, because none of us will be eligible since we are all imperfect.

A limitation is not a sin, or a vice, or a character defect that you can change, such as overreacting, or impatience. A limitation is any inadequacy that you inherited or have no power to change. It may be a physical limitation, like a handicap, a chronic illness, or disability. It may be emotional limitation, such as a trauma scar, a hurtful memory, a personality quirk, or a hereditary disposition. Or it may be a talent or intellectual limitation: We are not all super bright or talented. Your limitations or weaknesses are not an accident. God deliberately allowed them in your life for the purpose of demonstrating His power through you.

The most important issue is that God loves you, even in your weakness or limitations. It is for our weaknesses that God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to the world, as a propitiation for our sins, since we can't handle sin ourselves. The Bible in John 3 vs 16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son..." Come to think of it, if we are perfect, are we going need God? The answer is no! God allows those limitations in us to always remind us of our need for Him. He gives us the power to accomplish the seemingly impossible tasks, our limitations not withstanding. Knowing that the power is His, not ours, should keep us from pride and motivate us to keep daily contact with God, our power source. 

Sometimes we deny our limitations or weaknesses, defend them, excuse them, hide them, and resent them, instead of owning them up. That prevents God from using them the way He desires. God has a different perspective on your limitations or weaknesses. In Isaiah 55 vs 9 God says, "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." He has His reasons for creating you the way He did, and that knowledge is known to Him alone. Be totally truthful, and allow Him to use you as He purposed.

The Scripture, in Romans 11 vs 33 states, "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past finding out!" God's knowledge and wisdom are greater than man's, and passed finding out. Although God's method and means are beyond our comprehension, He Himself is not arbitrary, He governs the universe and our lives in perfect wisdom, justice, and love. He often acts in ways that are the exact opposite of what we expect. We think that God only wants to use our strengths, but He also wants to use our limitations or weaknesses for His glory.

When we think of the limitation in your life, you may be tempted to conclude, "God could never use me." But God is never limited by our limitations. Rather He brings His great power to bear in our situations, haven considered us as ordinary containers—earthen vessels (frail and fallible human beings). The Bible, in Second Corinthians 4 vs 7, says, "But we have this treasures in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not if us."

Prayer: Abba Father, Your wisdom is beyond human comprehension, and Your ways passed finding out. Nothing is useless in Your hands, and my limitations and weaknesses are great tools in Your hands. Therefore, I empty myself before You each day that You use me as is pleasing to You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!