Thniking Outside the Box

Eph 3:20 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”

We spend most of our lives living within the box or limitations of our lives. If you were to draw a box, you might put as the walls of the box, finances, ability, talents, time, responsibilities, circumstances, etc. These are often the limitations we see on our lives that seem to hinder us from reaching what we pray for and desire.

God is outside the box. God has no limitations. He has created everything we see and things we don’t even see. He created them out of nothing. The problem is that we want to bring God into the limitations of our box. We expect God to do things in a certain way within the limitations of human thinking, understanding, and ability. We often want to maintain control and do things our way.

The only way to get out of our box into a limitless God is to yield totally to Him. When you get on a plane, you lose all control. If you are afraid to give up control, you will never fly. God wants to do things far above and beyond what we could ask or think. God cannot be confined by our box. The only way to be used of God is through faith and obedience to move out beyond our limitations into His limitlessness.

Hebrew 11:6 says, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

Let us take our limitations off of God and expect Him to do something new in our lives.

EXPECT TO BE REWARDED AS YOU DILIGENTLY SEEK THE LORD. “God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6). What are you expecting from God? When blind Bartemaus came to Jesus, Jesus asked, “What do you want?” It is important to clearly annunciate what they expect from God. “Diligently seek Him. Be focused and diligent. Be persistent. Ask, seek and knock.

EXPECT TO SEE EVIDENCE OF A PROGRESSIVE MIRACLE IN YOUR LIFE. “With God all things are possible” (Mark 10:27). Sometimes we need to break down what we expect from God into pieces. Financial, marriage, family. What exactly is the first thing you want God to do? Restoration is often a process, a plan, step by step. God’s work in us is a progressive work.

EXPECT GOD TO KEEP HIS PROMISES. “For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.” (I Cor.1:20-22) “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” Numbers 23:19

What has God promised you?

Let us come to God believing that He is who He says He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Andy Clark