DON’T LIMIT GOD

I just watched Andrew Wommack and Jesse Duplantis’ conference titled ‘Don’t limit God’. I saw this video some time ago but I hadn’t have the time to get down to watching it until recently. I really loved what they shared about their relationship and conversations with the Lord. I loved how they value their relationship and time with the Lord above all else. 

Through their sharing, I learnt on another dimension what God meant when He told me about no more limitations last Dec. Other than liberating me from the spiritual bondages, God is also telling me not to limit Him. My faith was stirred up as they shared testimonies of what the Lord did for them. Each time the Lord stretched their faith, asking them if that was all God could do for them. 

Andrew Wommack was saying that the real test comes when we are very blessed, living in the promised land. That is when we stop believing Him for more or relying on Him unlike in the wilderness where we have no choice. It is in the promised land that we forget to rely on Him and start doing all kinds of things in our own strength. Hence the command to remember Him in the promised land.

God doesn’t want us to be complacent. He wants us to come up higher. There is always more in His plan. Even when we think we are already very successful or blessed, He still has new levels for us so that we can stretch and grow. But we have to catch a vision of the future He has for us. And then we have to declare that future. Speak it out. Many people think it is pride when we say what God says about us or His plans for us. 

That is not pride. In fact, Andrew Wommack had such a low opinion of himself that he asked God to use someone else. God showed him that it wasn’t how He saw Andrew. Andrew Wommack was concerned that if he did what God wanted him to do, it would affect his relationship with God and his time with God. He told God that he can do without a ministry but he cannot live without God. He didn’t want to stray away from God once he became very successful.  

Maybe ten years ago I would have gotten so excited when God told me that He will make my name great or use me mightily in His kingdom. Or that He will give me a platform or connect me to so and so ministry. I wasn’t disillusioned because all of that hadn’t come to pass. I really didn’t need all these things now. I just need His fellowship and His love. 

In fact the Lord had dealt with me about my unwillingness to take up ministry position. I repented and told Him I want everything that He has prepared for me. I am not going to give it up so easily anymore. One of the reasons could be that I didn’t think I was qualified to do this great work. I mean who am I that He should I choose me? Again that stems from a wrong perception of myself. I don’t see myself as how God sees me. 

Recently God seems to be telling me to dare to dream big. Enlarge my tents and stretch forth my tent curtains again. In a time of famine when everyone is apprehensive and cutting back, God wants us to enlarge our tents. Think big and dream big. Don’t limit Him. Don’t limit what He can do in our lives. I felt like how I did in 2010, when God was stirring up those flames in my heart.