Father, in Jesus name we honour You and glorify You alone. Blessed be the name of the Lord! Holy Spirit please reveal Your truth in this article in Jesus name. Amen!
This article is Part 2 on the topic of No Limitations. Part 1 addressed the issues around the fact that God created us in His image and He already gave us victory when Jesus died on the cross for us. He confirmed in His Word in Philippians 4:13 that we can do everything through Christ who strengthens us. Hence, when we are in Christ there are no limitations to what we can do or achieve. If we believe this, we need to get rid of any limitations that might exist in our minds, for in Christ our hearts have already been set free from any limitations. If you missed the first article, I encourage you to read it on the Jesus to My Rescue Website www. jesustomyrescue.com.
Dear reader, I believe in the power of testimony and therefore I want to share some personal testimonies with you. These testimonies are living proof of how God has broken down limitations that existed in my personal life.
I already told you that I gave my life to Jesus at the age of 12. I knew God had much planned for me and I knew that I wanted more and more of Jesus. The more I spent time with Him, the more His light shined through me and others started seeing Jesus in me. Praise God! Now in the church where I was, I was not allowed to be baptized with water as I was already christened as a baby. However, reading Matthew 28:19 Jesus was clear in His instruction that we need to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I believed in God and in Jesus and I knew that the Holy Spirit was living inside of me but I also knew that something was missing, almost like it kept me back from things I had to do and achieve.
Many years later, I simply stepped out of the comfort zone I was in and joined a new church, one who moved in the Holy Spirit. Within 2 weeks I was baptized with water and when I rose from under the water, I stepped into a new level of ministry that God intended for me. I literally experienced how the Lord cancelled out limitations in my life. I was still growing in Christ so there were many things revealed to me only later in my life, but what I immediately realised when I was baptized was that by not wanting to be embarrassed by a church throwing me out because of my belief that I needed to be baptized, I allowed limitations in my spiritual growth. I had to make the decision to step out and take a step in faith, with the reward being priceless. Praise Jesus!
My husband and I was prompted by the Holy Spirit of God to start giving more finances towards the work of the Lord. We were not tithing at that stage but we gave more and more every month. No matter how much more we gave, the Holy Spirit would prompt us to give even more. One night, about 16 years ago, I was doing the budget and I remember that we had a certain amount left over for savings, however not much. That was also the same night that the Word of God in Malachi 3:10 came to us which says: “Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.” My husband and I realised that this was the only place that we have read in the Bible where God said that we could test Him. We prayed and decided let us see what happens on the budget when we give a tenth of our income to the Lord.
Now in my mind it seemed impossible because we only had a small amount to save and if we first gave a tenth then we would be in a minus on the budget. However, God said to test Him and we decided to do it. I did the budget again but this time I first took off a tenth of our income for the Lord. The result was that we were not in a minus but we had even more savings money left over. This was humanly not possible, so doubting God, I decided to redo both budgets. The result was the same. Without the tenth, we only had a small amount left over for savings, but the budget first giving the Lord a tenth, resulted in more than double the savings money left. Hence, the truth of Mark 10:27 that says: “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” We were both in tears and realised that God is so true to His Word. Our doubt and lack of knowledge of God’s promises in His Word was why we were experiencing limitations in our lives. All He wanted from us was to take a step of faith and have confidence in His Word. From that day onwards we have never broken our tithing. Praise God!
Growing in the Spirit, I realised over and over how God showed me where I was still living with certain limitations, because I allowed it. I was very much an introvert and kept to myself. Never wanted to be in a crowd and neither to have any spotlight on me. So, when people asked for volunteers for anything, I would choose to be in the background. If catering required, I would just buy and deliver as I believed I am not a baker. If décor was needed, I would just wait for others to volunteer first and preferred to just contribute finances. Only when I acknowledged that I had a challenge with low self-esteem, did I become aware that I was actually my own limitation. Someone prayed with me and I accepted complete deliverance and the truth of Philippians 4:13 which said that I could do everything through Christ who gives us strength. Since then, no more stopping me. I take on challenges, love doing décor and even speak in front of crowds. All Jesus!
Both my husband and I would individually be walking in the shops and the Holy Spirt would show us to bless someone with finances. Sometimes it was giving someone money and other times it would be to pay their clothes or groceries at the till. The interesting part is that every time, the amount would be the same, which was for us a lot of money out of our normal weekly expenses, yet we were obedient in giving. Not once did we not have enough for ourselves. To the contrary, we received back more than what we gave. The second part to this testimony is that God helped us to move away from giving with limitations. Yes, that barrier was broken with the tithing but in blessing others through offerings and gifts, other than tithing, was still a challenge for us. Only when we stopped looking at the amount and the number of times we had to give, the limitations disappeared and we started living in the abundance that God had already given us from His Kingdom when he showered us with every possible blessing that exists. Everything that belongs to God, belongs to us. No limitations. We accepted the truth of God’s Word and believed it, received it and now live it!
Deuteronomy 28:1 – 14: “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.”
Ephesians 1:3: “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”
Psalm 34:9 – 10: “Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”
Dear reader, remember this, we are our own limitations. Once we stop allowing limitations of this world to dictate to us, then we will experience and live in the freedom God intended us to live in. When that happens, you are finally living the freedom in Christ, no longer being dependent on this world. You are free, so live that freedom, without any limitations. Nothing can stop us in Christ. Nothing!
Love in Christ, Princess K
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