Why do I limit Jesus ( Slight Return)
To piggyback on rstrandt's thoughts of this passage I first want to say thank you for your insight and for posting this passage. I've read it many times and still i find myself in a similar conundrum. I KNOW I can trust God, I KNOW He loves me and wants the best for me, I KNOW He will care for me (Matt. 6:28 ff), I KNOW there is no better way than to follow Him, Still, I try to do things on my own. I neglect my relationship with God for some silly belief that I'm capable....of anything on my own! I have been kicked to the ground by Satan without even knowing it. I have wallowed in my sin and justified it because "It's not hurting anyone but me...." I limit God's power to work in my life by simply not taking the time to build my relationship with Him. He wants our relationship to be tight, but, like a good friend, doesn't push it.
I'm at a point in my life where there is one focus. Times are very tough, my business is struggling, I think about money day and night because it is such a big issue for my family right now. If I would spend a similar amount of time building my relationship with God, would my worry even matter. Jesus met this synagogue official's need of the moment without the guy even asking. How much more, as a child of God, a believer, will Jesus carry me through? I know things will be alright...eventually. I'm scared. I don't know what to do or where to go, but I do know that I serve a loving God who cares for me. God, please give me wisdom to know your direction and faith to trust in you. Praise be to THE Almighty God of the Universe! He is capable! His will is perfect! He will persevere!
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