DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- LIMITING GOD

DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- LIMITING GOD

"Yes, again and again they tempted and limited the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power; the day when He redeemed them from the enemy." (Psalm 78:40-41)

This is a curious statement that makes you say, "What?" How can God be limited? God is omnipotent – all powerful. There is nothing that He cannot do. Yet, Israel limited the Holy One of Israel by not really trusting, nor remembering all the miracles He had performed in their history.

I have to wonder how many times I have limited God by my failure to trust Him. He has done so many great and marvelous things in my history, and yet I sometimes fail to trust Him for the present.

The disciples asked Jesus why they could not deliver a certain person from demon possession. He answered, " 'Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard see, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting." ' " (Matthew 7:19-21). There was some contingency involved in this. One was their unbelief. The second was prayer and fasting.

Is God limited? Of course not. He is sovereign and omnipotent. He can do anything He wishes to do. But He does choose to work within the framework of our faith and action.

I do not want to limit God by my unbelief or lack of doing what I need to do. May God help me to trust Him.

Love, Dad