Unlimited

My family and I went camping this weekend and we were staying our campsite was right next to the mini golf course.

So of course, my nine-year-old and my six-year-old now had such a fun time going there every single day and just hitting golf balls.

And on our last day we were cleaning up and I just hear screams from the mini golf course.

So I just literally look over. It literally is next to my campsite-I look over- and my oldest son is snatching the ball away from my youngest son.

And I yell over there and go. “What are you guys doing? There's golf clubs and just buckets everywhere. You can have unlimited golf. It's one flat fee. Unlimited off all day, you can just go get another ball. Why are you guys fighting over a ball?”

And it just reminded me of this feeling that we get as adults as humans.

That there's only so much, limited resources. So we have to scrounge around. We have to fight. We have to have this competitive cutthroat nature.

When we are growing up as adults and we think there's only a limited amount of love. There's a limited amount of money. There's a limited amount of Education. There's a limited amount of jobs.

And so we have this, this idea as older adults, that we have to fight and scrimp, and save, and scratch, and join this Rat Race because there's only a limited amount of resources.

There’s this mindset. You see it online, you see it on the universities, they only take the top one percent.

“Limited space- limited time, limited sale.”

“Today is only 2 days left.”

So there's this language of rushing, there's this language of limited resource to get.

You see it all the time in advertising.

There’s limited life.

You body clock and your biological clock is ticking.

So there's this constant mentality in this earth of you have limited time, limited resources.

We have this mentality of - you get what you get for you and too bad So sad.

It reminded me of if you serve God, who has unlimited resources, unlimited patients unlimited power, you never have to have that mindset of you're in a rush or the timing is wrong.

Like you missed your opportunity or you missed the boat.

God has unlimited power, riches, ability, creativity, and timing.

You need to get out of that mindset of this Cutthroat mentality and you have this idea we all have enough for my me and our family.

It says in the Bible, “Do not worry about what you wear, what you eat, what you drink, how you live, don't worry about your life because what will worrying going to add any to your life?” (Matthew 6)

It says in the Bible “Do not be anxious about anything. Do not worry about anything -through everything, every situation- through prayer and petition. Ask God, he'll make sure he'll take care of you.” (Philippians 4)

It says “Never have I seen the righteous forsaken.” (Psalms 37:25)

and “He owns the cattle on a thousand hills..” (Psalms 50)

So there's always this language that's so opposite of our world.

God has it all.

So we don't have to worry about making sure we get our piece- so too bad so sad.

There's unlimited, Grace, unlimited love.

There was literally a burn in my spirit when I saw my my kids fighting over the balls. This visual just came to me and that's going to set somebody free today.

I don't know who that's for, but that is what the Holy Spirit gave to me for someone today. And

so if you think that your timings off your biological clock is running, and you feel like you Have to rush and you're in the wrong place at the wrong time and stuff isn't happening guys.

You serve a God with unlimited creativity, Unlimited power that lives out of time and space.

He is not in a linear timeline, just serve him. Love him. He will Zoom it right in.

He'll Rush order it to you overnight at to you. You do not have to worry about anything that goes on.

Stand still.

Don’t know what to do when you are facing a battle?

Is your default to fight back?

Get out of it?

Hide?

Be anxious and worry?

Retaliate?

Try to solve it?

The Bible talks about many times that we feel overwhelmed, facing trials of all kinds.

Our first reaction should be as believers is to STAND STILL and worship.

That’s right! - put God first in everything and he will be your paths straight.

Read all about King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20 on what “strategy” he used to defeat a mighty army- you will be surprise about what his first reaction is as and what God’s solution to the problem was.

Read more verses about standing still and worshipping God admits the battle that you face.

Psalm 46:10

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Numbers 9:8

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

Exodus 14:13

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

Joshua 10:12

Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

Joshua 10:13

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

2 Chronicles 20:17

Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

📣📣What are your other favorite verses about waiting in God in the midst of the battle?

Learn the art of obedience

My entire world has been wrapped around raising my kids and being with my family this last almost 12 years.

When I had my daughter, every single thing in my life changed. I left my career, I discovered a hobby that would become a new passion, I started writing books, and I started out on this journey of relearning a lot of things that I never thought I knew.

Parenting has been really hard as of late, our a preteen has now discovered talking back, questioning everything, disrespectful tones and bullying her little brothers.

Some thing that I have had to talk a lot about over the last couple of months- is learning how to trust that when me and her father make a decision.  When we make a rule it’s because we want to protect her and she needs to trust us even though she might not understand every detail.

So when we give boundaries like: she can’t be texting on her phone after certain hours, we need to preview everything that she wants to watch or listen to, or if she needs to do her chores and her schoolwork before she gets on the screen-you would think after 12 years of gaining relationship with my daughter that she would just jump at the chance of obeying me.

Literally nothing could be further from the truth. So many tears these last couple months of me praying to God that she wouldn’t learn how to respect and honor our decisions.

Last night, I told my daughter: “Learn the art of obedience- learn that you can trust me no matter what even though you might not understand.”

Mistakes when she’s 11 or 12 are very small, but she needs to learn how to obey and talk through things with us before she goes out into the world where mistakes can be life altering.

Every time that I think through parenting, the Lord reminds me about how he had to pursue relationship constantly with the children of Israel and he had to remind them daily of his love and his boundaries.

And it reminds me of my daily walk with him. He always knows the bigger picture and what is coming down the road. My job is to just listen and obey my good shepherd wherever he leads me.

And the more time I spend with the good Shepherd, the more I’m familiar with his voice and the direction he wants to take me, even though I might not understand. (Read John 10 all about the good Shepherd)

So as I’m taking a walk at 5:30 this morning, I am reminding myself of the art of obedience.

That it’s some thing that I could never truly master in this lifetime, but I am daily striving to remain close to the father, submit my heart to his well and know by faith that he has everything under control.

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Written by Christal Marshall

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