He will not use us more than we are able!

The wonderful thing about God's plan for our life is that it is not as rigid as we think it is. We have this notion that God has only one door open for us and if we miss it, then we are doomed to a less than memorable existence. In a way, it is true and in a way, it is not. God sometimes leaves many doors open to us at the same time. It is very likely that we may not even think of entering into certain doors at all, because of the lack of preparedness in our lifestyle. There may be plans of greater glory that God may have for each one of us which we may never move into. Even when we pray, Lord open the right door for me, if we listen carefully we can hear the Holy Spirit tell us that He can only show us the doors which we are ready for. Just like God will never allow us to be tempted more than we are able, He will also not bless us or use us more than we are able! He will work in our lives within the framework that we provide to Him and He can bring glory to His Name, even with the limitations that we have placed in our lives but to a lesser extent. 

Attitudes, Attitudes, Attitudes!

When we begin our Christian life, usually God starts to sort out major issues and we find great deliverances and breakthroughs which are very visibly manifested and we are very thankful for it. The next phase of God’s activity begins by God slowly addressing our attitudes and many of us do not even begin to recognize that God now is moving deeper into us and seeking to mold us rather than just help us. If we do not understand this Holy Spirit activity, we will live our lives constantly frustrated because the God who worked wonders in our life, now seems to be delaying His responses. We feel confused because we find that God seems to either ignore our some of our cries or sometimes even works against our own desires. I would even say that the church today has two levels of believers. One is those who can discern their sins. Others are those who can discern their wrong attitudes.  If we do not see this change of pattern in the salvation outworking, we may even tend to give up our faith or stop asking altogether. There is a sulk in our face or a resigned nature in our talk that is evident to the discerning.

Having a wrong attitude means any darkness in our hearts that prevents the nature of Christ to be formed in us. Philippians 2 verse 3 strikes at the root of the problem. Almost every wrong attitude can be traced from these two - either it is from  selfishness or vainglory. God is committed to reflecting Christ in us.