not limiting God
"How we see this limiting of God in the case of Israel! When Moses promised them meat in the wilderness, they doubted, saying: 'Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? He smote the rock that the water rushed out; can He give bread also? Can He provide flesh for His people?' If they had been asked whether God could provide streams in the desert, they would have answered, 'Yes. God had done it; He could do it again.' But, when they thought of God doing something new, they limited Him. Their expectation could not rise beyond their past experience, or their own thoughts of what was possible. Even so, we may be limiting God by our conception of what He has promised or is able to do. Do let us beware of limiting the Holy One of Israel in our prayer."
Andrew Murray, "Waiting on God", pp. 59-60 (Quote from Brian Dagen's letter)
Looking at the jobs available to me in SoCal and in NorCal, I have been limiting my choices and what God can do based upon my past experiences. My company is an instrumentation company for biotech companies; my job is to be the scientist that understands the biology and chemistry of the applications we're developing and to be the interface between engineering and biology to help my company make good products.
When I looked at jobs outside of my narrow field (instrumentation company for biotech companies), I kept limiting what I can do. I had counter-arguments for positions as a process engineer in biotech companies (I had no experience) or as an assay developer in biotech companies (they could hire biologists instead with a much lower salary and save costs). My roommate, parents, and Andy cautioned me that I was being too limiting in my perspective and as a result, limiting what God can do in my life as well. My expectations for what he could do didn't go beyond what I could see or perceive.
God is bigger than my limited scope. If He can make manna fall from the skies, if He can make water flow from the rock, if He can make quail carpet the sands around the Israelite tents in the desert, then He can take care of me. He can do much more than I can imagine.
Andrew Murray, "Waiting on God", pp. 59-60 (Quote from Brian Dagen's letter)
Looking at the jobs available to me in SoCal and in NorCal, I have been limiting my choices and what God can do based upon my past experiences. My company is an instrumentation company for biotech companies; my job is to be the scientist that understands the biology and chemistry of the applications we're developing and to be the interface between engineering and biology to help my company make good products.
When I looked at jobs outside of my narrow field (instrumentation company for biotech companies), I kept limiting what I can do. I had counter-arguments for positions as a process engineer in biotech companies (I had no experience) or as an assay developer in biotech companies (they could hire biologists instead with a much lower salary and save costs). My roommate, parents, and Andy cautioned me that I was being too limiting in my perspective and as a result, limiting what God can do in my life as well. My expectations for what he could do didn't go beyond what I could see or perceive.
God is bigger than my limited scope. If He can make manna fall from the skies, if He can make water flow from the rock, if He can make quail carpet the sands around the Israelite tents in the desert, then He can take care of me. He can do much more than I can imagine.
posted by estah | 10:53 AM
2 Comments:
Amen to that... your reminder was encouraging for me too. thanks :)
It's so true! We can definitely count on God who's limitless. Let's try to remember it together! =P -ss
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