In Spite of Your Limitations

It is normal to feel frustrated when you sense that certain inherent flaws, and external circumstances are limiting you from translating your dreams into realities.  That sense of frustration is due to your basic design. You were designed to move, for progress, for multiplication, for relevance and influence.

Be aware that God’s first commandment to humanity wasn’t given in terms of religious obligations, but rather in terms of productivity and relevance.  He said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number…” In other words, become more, succeed!  And I believe this was actually much more than a commandment, I believe that it represents a divine conditioning of the human psyche. You and I were programmed from the very beginning to desire progress and increase.

So frustration occurs each time you feel stagnant. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it! Its ok. Its part of your humanity.
With a smile, accept that feeling of frustration.  Don’t fight it, just let it burn itself out.
After all, everything has a life span, including negative feelings and moods.
Just don’t make important decisions, and long-term commitments during such times.

Accept your humanity and don’t make much ado about your flaws; don’t make much ado about the feelings of frustration you have when faced with the consequences of those flaws.

Everything, everyone, every situation has limitations

The fact is that every nature, and every design has inherent limitations.
Even the divine nature is seriously limited in what it can do.

For instance, we usually say that God is omnipotent, in other words, He CAN do all things. Upon deeper reflection, however, you discover that that is an incorrect statement. In reality, God CAN’T do ALL THINGS. This is simply due to the constraints, or limitations, of His divine nature.

Let me illustrate with a very simple example: humans can lie, but God can’t! 
Even if God wanted to tell a lie, He just won’t be able to. This is because the moment He utters a word, it instantly becomes the truth!  So His nature makes it IMPOSSIBLE for Him to lie. That’s a limitation.

I believe you can come up with a list of other areas wherein God is constrained by the reality of His nature.

In spite of your limitations…

My point is this, everything, everyone, every situation, has limitations – what they would have loved to be able to do, but just couldn’t.  So why beat yourself over the head because of your perceived limitations?

Moreover, the beautiful aspect of what I’m sharing with you in this series is that you can still achieve your dreams IN SPITE of your limitations. In fact, in lots of situations, you actually achieve your dreams BECAUSE of those same limitations!

Your limitations could ultimately prove to be your protection from destruction, corruption, or extinction. The fact that God cannot lie, for instance, preserves His essence in purity and protects His throne from corruption.

So don’t always look at your limitations as a negative thing.

Yes, you can succeed in spite of your limitations; that’s what this series is all about.

To be continued…