Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your path
Reaching your limit can be a blessing. You have no room left to deal with anything more, so you are willing to let go of something. You are willing to stand your ground and put up a boundary. How many times does God have to show you your limit before you surrender to Him? Reaching a limit shows you your capacity to keep going without taking care of you. You push to the edge ignoring all danger signs that came before. So, stress mounts telling you that you are not heading in a good direction. You don’t listen and relief has to come out in some way. It comes out in anger, lack of focus, and exhaustion.
But, like with all things, God pulls good out of this mess. Reaching your limit is a beautiful blessing. It is the stopping point, the check yourself point before completely going over the edge. You hear words coming out of your mouth and think who is this person? You have reached your limit and now are totally unpredictable and slightly out of control. Because you reached the moment that is just beyond listening to God’s voice. You are not in tune to Him, so you feel lost. But He is in tune with you. He will use this moment to show you how capable you are. He shows you your strength. Because in that moment, past hearing God, you find your voice. You find the voice that can say no. The voice that doesn’t think first about what someone else will think. You see what is possible and you want order back. You want the chaos to stop. You have reached beyond your limits, taken things into your own hands, believed you can do it all and in doing so sacrificed your time with God. This makes you ache. Your inner being is trying to get your attention. Listen. It is trying to tell you something is missing.
The enemy wants you to reach your limit and go past it to the point of no return. He pushes and pushes. He wants you to believe that you must take care of everyone else before yourself. He wants to exhaust you. He doesn’t want you to see good in everything. When you look past the mess someone is and find good, the enemy cringes. If you choose to be brave instead of fear, he retreats. When you choose to not take responsibility for everyone else, the enemy is taken back. His power is vested in you. Behave differently lean in the direction of you and fully in the direction of love, and he is rendered powerless.
God knows your limits. He sees you push to the edge of them. He knows you will abandon Him and things will get messy and still He loves you as you are. He calls you to come back to Him as you are. He works with you as you are. God calls you to recognize your limit and acknowledge it prior to a break. Honor your limit. See it for what it is. It is your mind, body and soul flying the white flag of surrender. Surrender to what you can’t control. Surrender to what can’t be done. Surrender to not fixing everything.
Return to the Father. Come broken. Come at your limit. Come as you are!
Prayer
Father God,
Thank You for being there when I reach my limit. I may abandon You, but You never abandon me. Thank you for continually calling me to surrender to You and to come back to You as I am. Forgive me for taking on more than I should. Forgive me for believing I need to take responsibility for fixing everything. Help me to know my limits and adjust my behavior far before I have reached the edge. Help me to keep the peace and joy in each day. I know myself and what I need. May I continually be aware of my need to have time with You.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen
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