Don't Limit God

Hosea 4:16 (King James Version) gives us one of the shortest histories of the nation of Israel found anywhere. It says: “For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer….” That’s it. The Hebrews always seemed to be heading backwards, downhill, away from God. 
 
Psalm 78:40-42 gives us the reasons for this as it lists five great sins of Israel, two being:

• “They limited the Holy One of Israel,” and
  
• “They did not remember His power.”

Hey, let me be honest with you. All too often, we, too limit Him and forget His power.
 
We do this when we try to measure God by our own standards. We drag Him down to our level, whittle Him down to our own size and thus, we end up with a God as SMALL, as LIMITED, and as HELPLESS as we are.
 
It has often been said, “God is only as big as you’ll let him be.” I would like to correct that error. GOD IS GOD!

• He’s not a big God for you and a little God for me. No! God is God! 
  
• Regardless of circumstances, God is God! 
• No mountain is too high, no situation is too hopeless, God is God! 
• He laughs at the things man calls impossible. Why? Because God is God!
  

 
Some of His names are:

• Jehovah Jireh--the God who provides;
  
• Jehovah Shalom--the God who gives you peace;
• Jehovah Rapha--the God who heals;
• El Nose--the God who forgives;
  
• El Shaddai--the Almighty God;
• Elohim--the High and Exalted God;
• Jehovah--the Self-existent One, the Creator, the Fulfiller of His Promises,
• The Great I AM

 
GOD IS GOD! He never has been nor will He ever be found to be left at the mercy of circumstances! Instead, He rules them; He orders them! Whether the need is making a walkway through the Red Sea, turning a rock into a drinking fountain, or giving a blind man 20-20 vision.
The impossible becomes possible before Him. God is God!
 
Psalm 37:5 (The New Living Translation) promises: “Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.” That’s His Word! You can believe it!
 
Genesis 18:14 (The Amplified Bible) asks, “Is anything too hard or too wonderful for the Lord?”
 
“But I feel as if I’ve lost everything. I’m down to goose eggs, blanks, nada, the big zero!” I hear you, nonetheless please remember--God can begin with nothing, He can begin with zilch and produce! Man can invent--but God can create!
 
What do you do when you are faced with some daunting circumstance such as a health crisis, a financial setback, a relational issue, or some other like situation? Do you compare the situation to our all-powerful God, or do you compare the situation to yourself? Your perspective can make all the difference in the world.
 
I need your help here. Please hold out your hand. Now I simply want you to create something out of nothing; anything. How about a blade of grass? A June bug? How about a drop of water?  Come on. I’m waiting. I am being silly. Both you and I know that we can’t create diddly. God and God alone is the great creator. 
 
Philip Keller confirms in his classic, A Shepherd Looks at the 23rd Psalm: “Our view of God is often too small--too cramped--too provincial--too human.  He it is who is directly responsible for the creation of all things, both natural and supernatural.”
 
I read where the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta once told her superiors: “I have three pennies and a dream from God to build an orphanage.” “Mother Teresa,” they chided gently, “you know you cannot build an orphanage with just three pennies. Why, you can’t do anything with just three pennies.” “I know,” she answered, “but with God and my three pennies I can do anything!” As you know, Mother Teresa and her orphanage eventually became a worldwide symbol of success.
 
A friend once defined faith as “Believing God is who He says that He is and that He will do what He says that He will do.” Not only is that faith, it is also smart. Since God is God, turn Him loose on your problems. Don’t limit Him; let God be God over your circumstances.
 

The Redeemed Team