God is <b>huge</b>! All of the universe can’t contain Him (1 Kin. 8:27). He is
infinite, while everything He created is finite. ~Finiteâ€ is defined as
~limited~ ( American Heritage Dictionary). 
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We are limited. How can
finite (limited) man adequately represent an infinite (limitless) God?
This question presents a dilemma that has caused most people to not
even try.
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But I am finding great satisfaction and immense joy in trying to take
all the limits off God. The Lord spoke to me on January 31, 2002, and
told me I was limiting what He wanted to do through me by my small
thinking (Ps. 78:41). 
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I began the process of changing the way I saw
myself and what God could do through me, and it has been an awesome
ride. Nearly thirteen years later, our television ministry is twenty
times larger. Charis Bible College is now reaching sixty times as many
people, and we have just completed the first phase of our new Charis
campus in Woodland Park, Colorado.
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But, as many of you know through my recent letters, the Lord told me
again this year that I’m still thinking too small. Although I have seen
huge increases in every area, God is bigger still. He is leading me to
reach way beyond where I’ve been, to where He wants me to go.
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I am on fire with the things the Lord has been showing me. I know the
best is yet to come. I’m more excited about the future than I’ve ever
been. And I don’t believe this is limited to me. I believe that the
Lord has more for all of us than what any of us have experienced. We
need to stretch ourselves to obtain all that He has for us--for our sake
and the sake of others.
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Each one of us has an image on the inside of us of who we are and what
we can do. Sadly, life and the devil have done a pretty good job of
beating the hopes and dreams out of us. Not only do we suffer when this
happens, but so do others. Each one of us has God-given things in us
that are intended for others. If we don’t reach our full potential,
then those people won’t receive their miracles.
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That image on the inside of us acts like a ceiling, or limit, to what
we can accomplish. If we see ourselves as nobody special, then we won’t
be anybody special. But God never made a dud. He has plans for each of
us that exceed what we are experiencing (Jer. 29:11). We were made for
greatness.
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However, this needs to be defined. What the world calls greatness and
what God calls greatness are two different things. According to 1
Corinthians 3:13, <b><i>Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day
shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort
it is.</b></i>  
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This verse says that every man’s work will be tried for
what sort it is, not what size it is. Not everyone is intended to do
something that gets the attention of the world. But we are all created
by God to shake our worlds; i.e., our areas of influence. There is more
to life than earning a living, having a family, growing old, and going
to be with Jesus. 
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We are supposed to make a difference in our world as
we pass through. We need to live so that someone will miss us and what
we gave when we are gone.
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One of the greatest limits to what God can do in our lives is comparing
ourselves with the wrong people. The latter part of 2 Corinthians 10:12
says, <b><i>But they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing
themselves among themselves, are not wise.</b></i>
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This isn’t saying that we can’t be inspired by seeing what God is doing
in others. Rather, this is specifically speaking of not judging things
according to the flesh. Paul rebuked the Corinthians in the first part
of that chapter for judging him based on outward things like
appearance. In stature and speech, 
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Paul was not the greatest, but they
were using the wrong standards. In spiritual things, Paul was a giant
by whom we should be inspired.
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Paul didn’t let his small size and lack of eloquence limit what God
could do through him. Paul took the limits off God and literally
changed the world. Two thousand years later, we are still talking about
him, and more importantly, we are still benefiting from the revelations
the Lord gave him. He wrote half of the books of the New Testament.
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That’s the way I want my life to be, and I think everyone should want
that. Are you making a significant contribution to your family and
friends that is making their lives better? Are people going to come up
to you in eternity and thank you for the way you touched their lives
(Luke 16:9)? If not, you can change that today by taking the limits off
God and believing Him for big things. 
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You cannot see anything happen on
the outside that you haven’t seen happen on the inside. That’s a big
statement right there. You might be praying for your marriage to be
restored, for your body to be healed, or for financial prosperity, but
you need to meditate on the Word and let it paint a picture on the
inside of you. Then whatever you’re believing for will come to pass.
It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
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Your life today is the way you have
been seeing it (Prov. 23:7). You might not like that, but it’s true.
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We take great comfort in passing the blame sometimes: ~You don’t
understand. I don’t have the education. It’s my spouse. It’s the color
of my skin. I was abused as a child.~  We have a million and one
reasons, but none of these external things are controlling our lives;
it’s the way we think in our hearts that determines the direction we’re
going. 
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You need to stir yourself up, or you’ll settle to the bottom. I
know it takes a lot of effort to keep swimming upstream, hardly
stopping to rest and constantly dealing with the possibility of
failure. Sometimes it just seems better to take the easy route and hold
off on changing things. But that’s why you need to have a purpose. You
need to strive toward something bigger than yourself, something that
drives you.
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I tell you, if you catch on fire for God, the world will come watch you
burn. Everybody loves a fire. It captivates people. And people will be
drawn to you once you step out in your purpose. Don’t be afraid to try
something different. Some people are shooting at nothing and hitting it
every time. Do something, lest you do nothing. Get out of the boat, or
you’ll just drown with the rest of them. I pray that God is burning
these things on the inside of you. He wants you to stop limiting Him.
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When we stand before the Lord and He says ~Here is what I created you
to do, all of our ~achievements~ won’t seem like very much if we
haven’t done what He told us. The good news is that God wants to reveal
to you His plans and purposes for your life more than you want to know
them.
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Ephesians 5:17 says, <b><i>Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what
the will of the Lord is.</b></i>
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The Lord wants to reveal to you His will for you, but in order to
receive that understanding, you have to remove your limits. Don’t limit
what you think God can do through you. Don’t evaluate yourself on just
your carnal or outward qualities. You are a new person in the spirit,
and you can do all things through Christ (Phil. 4:13). One of the great
ways God reveals His will to you is through your desires. 
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<b><i>Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine
heart.</i></b> Psalm 37:4 
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What is it that you really want to do? If there were no
limits--if money wasn’t a factor, if age didn’t matter, if God gave you
supernatural ability--what is it that would really make you feel like
you are making a difference? If you are truly delighting yourself in
the Lord, then that desire you have is from the Lord. Go for it. 
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You won’t get there in one step. But take the first step toward that
desire, then take the next step and the next. Before you know it,
you’ll have moved a long way from where you are now and much closer to
where God wants you to be.
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I, for one, am going for it. I don’t want any gas left in my tank when
it’s my turn to leave this world. I’m reaching as far and as deep with
the Gospel of God’s grace as I can, and I encourage you to go with me.
Together we can make a bigger impact than we could separately.
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I’m encouraging you to stop limiting what God can do in your life. Give
Him something to work with. He can only bless what you set your hand to
(Deut. 28:8). You can learn more about how to do this in my new book,
Don’t Limit God. This has radically changed my life. I know it will
change yours too.
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-- Andrew Wommack<br>
Capitalization of keywords by Randy Lucas