HEMMING GOD IN
When he (the royal official) heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him, and was requesting Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. "Sir, come down before my child dies." John 4:47,49
This man believed two things that minimized his belief that Jesus was all-powerful. He believed that Jesus needed to come to in person to heal his son and if his son died before Jesus got there, it would be too late for a miracle. What were the errors? 1.) Jesus needed to be on-site. 2.) Jesus could not raise the dead.
Jesus can do anything and is never hemmed in except when I fail to ask for what I need because I believe He only answers in a certain way. I hem Him in with my limited belief. The way God answers prayer always surprises. It's never as anticipated. The greatest miracles happen when I trust God enough to give Him permission to do whatever He wants in a certain situation. I stop dictating, "Do this, or that, and do it this way." Whatever I conceive is an earthbound solution.
I recall the numbers of times I felt trapped and told Him so. Initially, I could only see one or two ways out. I embraced them as 'the answers' and went to prayer to ask for His deliverance - my way. He didn't act. I was devastated and instead of seeing that the problem was within me, I declared Him unloving. It was only when I took my hands off and removed my expectations that God was finally free to do what He wanted from the beginning. He came shining through with so many interventions, one after another. Each one was nothing my mortal mind could have conceived. That is the nature of the miraculous - something outside of man's conception.
It's never too late for God to do something, for God to fashion something beautiful out of ashes. What if I come to God at 85, isn't that too late? Ah, here's the thing. At 85, I stand poised on the edge of eternity. I haven't yet begun to really experience God's glory.
Show me where I limit You with my prayers today. I want heaven and earth to collide today and see it with my own eyes. In Jesus' name, Amen
Christine Wyrtzen
Daughters of Promise
www.daughtersofpromise.org
