Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Is it possible to limit God? Yes. How? By acting in
the flesh, ( Psalm 78 verses 41, 9 to 11), by fretting over the future, by
complaining, murmuring and grumbling as well as trusting in the arm of flesh.
A mindset characterized by worry and anxiety cannot
inherit the promises of God. This is because such a mindset is besieged by
fear, lack of faith and trust in the ability of God to do the seemingly impossible.
Such a mindset will neither see nor perceive the goodness of God. Neither
seeing nor perceiving culminates in not receiving either. God's goodness and
mercies will continually pass you by (Matthew Chapter 6 verses 23 to 24).
You probably skimp and worry about tomorrow because
you have no idea what lies ahead, whether there will be provision or not.
Besides, you are used to lack and having to beg and borrow, and worry, never
having peace. But the Owner and Creator of tomorrow, God the FATHER, Jehovah
Nissi says,
“let not your
heart be troubled. I own tomorrow. I created tomorrow and significantly you, so
that you can function in my plans and purposes for tomorrow. Why then should I
abandon you to tomorrow without my plans and strategy for you to make it
through and beyond tomorrow to so many other tomorrows. All you need do is
abide in Me, cling to Me, and you have My plans and strategy for a greater
tomorrow and many other tomorrows”.
When a person internalizes doubts to the point of
not only expressing them but allowing the doubts to guide and mislead him or
her; resulting in loss of faith and confidence in God, the person limits God
because at that point, unbelief has set in (Matthew Chapter 13 verses 54 to 58).
However, if you choose to trust God and believe Him for good to come your way,
then you will experience and enjoy incredible and astounding good things from
God. God uses His word to make a way where there is no way. God watches over
His word to perform His word and not your fears, worries and anxieties.
These are times of great speed, of scaling up
hitherto intimidating heights effortlessly, of being who and all God created
you to be. Through God, you will birth and nurture generational blessings that
will amaze even you.
Fear often intimidates to immobilize and stagnates
progress. When you walk in fear and act in the flesh, you will stagnate to
retrogression, which of course is what the enemy want. Do not allow fear to
invade your thoughts. Rather meditate on the word of God. Matthew Chapter 15
verse 21. Do not allow situations and circumstances to determine the outcome of
your faith. Do not be afraid, your dream will not die.
Ignorance, presumptions and assumptions are
other ways through which a person can unconsciously limit God. Ignorance of
divine directions coupled with inability to understand divine directions foster
and entrench darkness, lack of direction, inability to move forward, therefore self
inflicted stagnation. Therefore, have an investigative mind. Always check out
all the details before you draw up conclusions.
Otherwise, you will just work with either half baked knowledge or
assumptions which always lead to wrong conclusions and therefore poor or wrong
decisions with eternal consequences. BE THOROUGHLY INFORMED is the watchword.
Complaining, murmuring and grumbling are symptoms of
ingratitude and they are tactically used by the enemy to stall divine direction through depression,
off shoots of complaining and grumbling. These three grieve the Holy Spirit and if a
person consistently grieves the Holy Spirit, He leaves and significantly so you
will not notice if you are always complaining. Please see 1st
Corinthians Chapter 10 verses 1 to 5, 10 to 12, Numbers Chapter 11 verses 1 to
3, Exodus Chapters 15 verses 23 to 26; 16 verses 1 to 12; and 17 verses 1 to 7,
Numbers Chapters 13 and 14, 16, Jude 16, James Chapter 5 verse 9. Please see
also 1st Peter Chapter 4 verse 9 and 2nd Timothy Chapter
3 verse 2. The devil and his cohorts use the weaknesses of complaints,
grumbling and murmuring to both abort and truncate divine blessings and
destinies.
Complaining overwhelms the spirit and does not bring about any respite.
Praise and thanksgiving on the other hand lifts up the spirit (Psalm 77 verse
3). Thanksgiving to God is the panacea for ingratitude and depression. Give God
thanks at all times and experience open heavens in every area of life.
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