Putting limits on a limitless God

Recently I auditioned for Elevation's praise and worship team and was denied. Since I was reading unqualified, I knew that my rejection was just preparation for greater things. When a friend of ours asked us to assist in a Church Plant, we gladly agreed to check everything out. After figuring out that's where God wanted us to be, we answered them. I instantly started to think about all the things I could do to assist in the ministry.

I can sing, so I can be on the praise and worship team. I worked retail, so I can totally do visitors center. I assisted in Children's Ministry, so I could totally help there. I watch kids for a living, I could help in the nursery. I helped run the media at my old church, I could work on media things. Sitting around the table I started seeing how everyone had their ministry placement pretty much figured out. I wanted to instantly fall back upon what I was used to. Well, I can sing really well so I'll just sing.

I recently had a conversation with a friend about ministry placement. They felt like they were wasting their time in their placement in the church because it's not where their talent was. They longed to be in the spot light and NOT in the background. I couldn't really respond in that moment because I didn't know what to say. I know what I wanted to say but I also know that me popping off at the mouth could have caused more damage than good.

1 King 8:27 talks about how the universe can't contain God because he is so huge. There is no limits to God. We have limitations. Most of the time we put limitations on ourselves and God says that we can do anything. The ironic thing here is that we can put limitations on God that we don't realize that we do. When we look at ourselves and think that we are limited to what we see, we are putting God in a box. Or when we think that we can't do anything new and exciting because we just want to stay in whats comfortable.

When we spend our lives thinking that we are only good enough to use the gifts that we see, we limit God. In every season of my life, I can see where I was in different ministry placements. Going through Sunday School classes, working for a call center in Texas, media, children's ministry. Even that thinking right there puts limitations on whats happened in my life. I've worked in multiple different areas. Not only have I had 'ministry' placements but life placements as well.

When we put limitations on ourselves, not only do we limit God but we basically say we aren't good enough for learning new things. I'm so excited to see where God ends up putting me on this new adventure that we are on. I have no idea what's going to happen. However, I know that everything that I go through has to be looked at as an opportunity to grow and learn new things. We can't just instantly think that we can only do what we have done in the past. The past is gone and all things are new. You can teach an old "dog" new tricks. Embrace the shift. Even though I know you probably don't want to.