Boxes

It is really easy to put things in boxes, when I do, I know exactly what I am going to find when I open that box. I think when we place God in a box, we place limits on Him. He is the maker of the universe, but yet we place Him in a box. We place that box on a shelf and only take God out of it in hard times. We only think we can open the box on certain things and most other times we feel that we inconvenience Him, that we can do it on my own. He created the universe, why would He want to help me with my job, or the decision I need to make or the small choices that I need to do.

When we believe that God is the God and allow Him to be God, we no longer place Him in a box. We stop putting limits on Him, we start relying on Him for the very things that we thought we could do ourselves. In the Bible it talks about how we are to throw all our cares on Him. How we are to rely on Him for our strength, that as humans we will fail, but when we walk with Him that He will guide us, He will help us not just through the hard, but in all circumstances.  Through my own strength I will surely fail, the scripture that comes to mind Isaiah 40:31 "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." We must wait on God, trust in Him. The strength that we do not have, He will provide, but it is in His timing, not ours.

When we place God in a box, we are not waiting on Him, we are not trusting in Him to do anything, except when we feel we can't do it on our own. Is it time to take God out of the box you have placed Him in? Is it time to allow Him to schedule your day? Is it time to start praying without ceasing, for this is the will of God. People think praying means Dear Lord and Amen, but maybe instead of saying Amen at the beginning of the day, you save it for the end of the day. As I go through my day, I talk to God, when someone comes to mind, I pray for that person, because I may not know what they are going through, but God does and He is with them. It is hard to change the way of thinking, but have you ever been sitting at work, working along, but you are thinking of a hundred different things? If you can do that, than why can't you spend that time in prayer for those people or for what you are doing at work.

Time to take God off the shelf and out of the box, isn't it time that we take Him at His promises. He says I will never leave you nor forsake you. He says that He is with us through it all, even when we walk through the valley of darkness, He never leaves. If He is always with us, why aren't we calling on Him more? Why do we think that we can ask Him for the big things, but not the little things? He says He will not let us down. He has no limits, we are the only limit and that is the limit we put on Him. How can He help, if you think you can do it all on your own?

When is it time to allow Him in all situations?