Take the Limits Off

 Friday my mom and I drove through an area of town that I use to really like. The area has beautiful waterfront homes. I use to like the neighborhood so much that I would walk there admiring the houses and the stunning views of the water. Today is Sunday; I drove to a park in the neighborhood and purposed to walk the old route I use to walk.  I began to get a little intimidated and I thought within myself "what if I am no longer able to walk that route?" The walk is filled with hills and it takes over an hour to walk to the point I had picked to walk to and back to my car. I heard God tell me that I could do it and he impressed upon my heart that I was the one who had told myself that I was no longer in good enough shape to do it. I walked the route just like God said I could.The thought that I had limited myself in that way was eye opening. How often do we let others put limitations on us or worse put them on ourselves? I am a dreamer; spiritually and naturally. I told someone once about wanting a house in an area of town that I really liked that is one of the more expensive areas in the city. The person I told began to ask me questions that on the surface seemed practical but overtly sent the message that you won't be able to purchase a home there. I felt defeated; you see one of the things I use to do when things got a little too heavy was to hold on to something I could hope on. During the time that I am speaking of what I was holding on to was the idea that one day I would be able to purchase a home wherever I wanted to.  I told another person whose opinion I also held high, and that person's response was "You can have anything you want." Those words went straight to my spirit and brought strength; although in the natural it may not have seemed practical, those words were absolute truth. God is more than able to give us the desires of our heart. Another time I was talking to someone else about different desires I had and they said "you want to much; you want things that are unattainable" during that time my spirit and faith were strong and without hesitation I replied "God would not give me the desires I have without giving me a way to get them". I want to speak a combination of the words I spoke myself when I was strong and the words someone else spoke into my life when I was not,  along with  Phillipians 4:13 to you..."You can have anything you want; you can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens you; God would not give you desires without giving you a way to get them" and guess what it doesn't have to be practical. If we are in God's will and our desires are in his will, God is more than able to provide; and give us the strength to achieve what may seem impossible. It may very well be through practical means but if God decides he wants to bless you in an unconventional way he can and will. Be encouraged in the Lord today to take the limits off yourself and off of God.

Job 5:9
Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number.

Luke 1:37
“For nothing will be impossible with God.