Limits
Often, I tend to be an "over thinker." I find intentionality extremely valuable and important. I do not know that there are many things I do with out having a reason for them. I can thank my husband for this influence.
While I feel being a person of intentionality is a positive quality I have learned it has it's limits. I often struggle with "doing" so many things and feeling guilty about not giving EVERYTHING an equal amount of time. Equal attention to detail. Equal care and compassion.
As I have journeyed with the Lord He has worked on me in this area deeply. I truly know that all of my commitments are ones the Lord has called me to and desires for me to be apart of. In the past I would experience a deep anxiety and almost sense of resentment or frustration at all the "things" I "had" to do. God has settled me there. I now do not make a commitment without the leading of the Lord. It has become ever so important to me to stay connected to the Lord so I sense his prompting and leading.
How is it when we are settled in one area we become unsettled in another? Because, God is so good to gently grow us more and more into His image.
This Fall I have found myself unsettled by the fact that, yes, all my commitments are of God but, "Why do I have so many commitments, Lord?"
Oh, God has been so faithful to reveal to me to live within HIS limits NOT my limits. (Psalm 119) I have realized that the radius I was allowing myself to live in, my circumference of commitments, were much smaller than God's circumference. In essence, God is saying, "Burst out of the small limits you have unknowingly set for yourself and live life in the freedom of my holy limits, designed just for you, my child."
That phrase, "Live within my limits" has been foundational for me. I have taking complete rest that living within God's limits for my life means living in the middle of His will.
Take the time to listen to exactly where God wants you.
To live within HIS limits, NOT the limits you have mentally created.
While I feel being a person of intentionality is a positive quality I have learned it has it's limits. I often struggle with "doing" so many things and feeling guilty about not giving EVERYTHING an equal amount of time. Equal attention to detail. Equal care and compassion.
As I have journeyed with the Lord He has worked on me in this area deeply. I truly know that all of my commitments are ones the Lord has called me to and desires for me to be apart of. In the past I would experience a deep anxiety and almost sense of resentment or frustration at all the "things" I "had" to do. God has settled me there. I now do not make a commitment without the leading of the Lord. It has become ever so important to me to stay connected to the Lord so I sense his prompting and leading.
How is it when we are settled in one area we become unsettled in another? Because, God is so good to gently grow us more and more into His image.
This Fall I have found myself unsettled by the fact that, yes, all my commitments are of God but, "Why do I have so many commitments, Lord?"
Oh, God has been so faithful to reveal to me to live within HIS limits NOT my limits. (Psalm 119) I have realized that the radius I was allowing myself to live in, my circumference of commitments, were much smaller than God's circumference. In essence, God is saying, "Burst out of the small limits you have unknowingly set for yourself and live life in the freedom of my holy limits, designed just for you, my child."
That phrase, "Live within my limits" has been foundational for me. I have taking complete rest that living within God's limits for my life means living in the middle of His will.
Take the time to listen to exactly where God wants you.
To live within HIS limits, NOT the limits you have mentally created.
"...Oh, that every part of my life would remain in line with what You require!"
"...I will live within Your limits..."
-Psalm 119
"God does not ask us to do the things that are naturally easy for us - He only asks us to do the things that we are perfectly fit to do through His grace, and that is where the cross we must bear will always come."
-Oswald Chambers
"God does not ask us to do the things that are naturally easy for us - He only asks us to do the things that we are perfectly fit to do through His grace, and that is where the cross we must bear will always come."
-Oswald Chambers
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