My watch alarm buzzed, reminding me that it was time for another dose of my medication. Although prescribed to manage the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, its main effect so far had been nausea. I missed the days of seemingly unlimited energy and stamina, the freedom of a prescription-free life. But as I gulped down the tablets with big swallows of water, I reminded myself to be patient with the process, to accept God’s assignment, and to learn from the limitations of an aging and ailing body.
God designed us with limits for a good reason: to teach us to worship him. We come to the end of our own resources and cry out for his rescue. As we stop trying so hard to do what only God can accomplish in our lives, and as we come to the blessed realization that we can lay those things down, we begin to place our trust in him — and to displace our trust in our own strategies and vigilance. When we acknowledge our own limits and celebrate God’s limitlessness, we find freedom.
My third article as part of a writing cohort for Desiring God is live on their site today, and I invite you to head on over for a reminder that our deep limitations are an occasion for deep trust in our limitless God.
I submitted article number four on September 1, and it’s currently in DG’s editorial pipeline, so stay tuned… It’s been a fantastic learning experience to interact with the other writers in the cohort and to receive input from their editorial staff.
When we acknowledge our own limits and celebrate God’s limitlessness, we find freedom.
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