God Limited

The field of physics is an interesting field, especially for those who are interested in the physical world around them.  I grew up watching programs such as Cosmos anchored by Carl Sagan.  It never cease to amaze me how he paints the pictures of worlds 'unknown' in such vivid colors in my mind, talking about galaxies and suns and stars and, I was enthralled.  I find myself imagining and wanting to visit such wonderful places, I did in my young mind!  The universe is described as elastic, ever expanding and increasing in its capacity, ever changing due to all kind of things happening that we cannot begin to see with our 'naked' eyes.  At least, by the standard of Carl Sagan, I understand what infinity means.

Infinity is a term that defines borders of a boundless entity, because we assume the borders are there, but we cannot tell where they are.   Hence we place a sort of restriction on our thoughts and our understanding of that entity.

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines;

Limit as:

• something that bounds, restrains or confines
• the utmost extent 
• a prescribed maximum or minimum amount, quantity, or number

The way we have led our lives as individuals and as a member of a large society could affect what we understand of what is going on around us.  We might end up bringing our baggage of former lives into the new lives afforded us in Christ.

Do we implicitly trust the LORD in all things that concerns us or do we have some areas of our lives that we believe that God is unable to perform as we would do by ourselves or by involving others that we think are more capable than us and are available to us? 

'And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea and Jerusalem: and the power of God was present to heal them' (Luke 5:17)

'Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel' (Psalms 78:41)

From these two passages, what God is able to do and IS available to do is not in question, but what He was 'permitted' to do was constrained by the people involved.  In the first passage, the Pharisees and the doctors of the law were merely there to set the limits on God(by the person of Jesus, would He attempt to do a miracle on a Sabbath, would He dare to?) while in the second passage about the people of Israel, they simply doubted His ability to do.

Which one of these positions are we operating from, or could we be operating from both?  Do we belief in Him enough to know that God has no boundary nor limited as regards what He has ability to do?  Are we making ourselves stumbling block to the faith of others in God?

God is able to do all things, and nothing shall be impossible to God to accomplish. So trust God against your better judgement.  (Luke 1:37)