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10.11.11

Limited or Limitless

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved
us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ
(by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit
together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He
might show the exceeding (immeasurable - Amplified Bible) riches of His
grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. - Ephesians 4:5-7.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite
(limitless - The Message). The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked
down to the ground. - Psalm 147:5-6.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above (infinitely more -
NLT; God can do anything - The Message) all that we ask or think, according
to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. - Ephesians 3:20-21.

Using Google to search for the word, "limitless", there were nearly 100
million results. It appears that we human beings do not like limits, and
would like to be free of them. At the same time that we would like to throw
off our limits, we place our human limitations upon our God. Our human view
of God is too often that God can do little more than most humans. In our
area of the country, we have experienced a severe drought. We had a
community prayer meeting to pray for rain several weeks ago. It rained some
that evening. Last week we received more than two inches of rain. I know
that this was in response to the prayers of many. However, I have heard some
express that they never pray for rain, because they do not believe that God
answers those prayers - or is it that they do not believe that God has the
power to answer those prayers?

Limitless is defined by the Free Dictionary as: "Having no limit or limits;
unrestricted: limitless authority." That is a description of the power and
authority of the One true God. Our God is unlimited in His ability. However,
there are some limits upon our ability to tap into that power and authority
for the living of our lives. Ephesians 3:20-21 describes the ability of God
to do more than we can ever imagine. It also describes a limit upon how that
power is used in our lives. We are told how God is able to do more than we
can imagine in our lives, "according to the power that works in us." If we
believe, for example, that God is unable to answer a prayer for rain, then
God will not answer that prayer for you. You have less of His power working
in you than someone else who does believe God can send rain.

Another limit upon God's power to answer our prayers is His will. If what we
ask for is according to His will, there is no limit to what God can do.
However, if what we are asking for is not according to His will it will
appear that His power is limited. 1 John 5:14-15 says, "Now this is the
confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His
will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know
that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him."

If we believe, the possibilities are limitless for God to work in, and
through our lives. Jesus says in Matthew 17:20, ".I say to you, if you have
faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to
there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." So let us
believe in the limitless power and authority of God and "Ask, and it will be
given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who
knocks it will be opened (Matthew 7:7-8)."

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