God's Spirit: Without Limit



Photograph by:  Phyllis Keating

 We have tremendous water pressure at our house.  It is wonderful, especially when we are washing dishes or a car.  Having indoor plumbing in the 21^st century is a beautiful thing.  Sometimes, when I want to fill up a water bottle, I barely turn the faucet and a small stream of water will come out of it.  I use just the right amount, and then turn it off again.

I thought of this when I read John 3:34.  John the Baptist states “God gives the Spirit without limit.”  Often times we think of the Holy Spirit like a faucet.  Sometimes we feel His presence, other times we don’t.  Occasionally we pray with large amounts of faith, other times we pray but don’t expect much in return.

John the Baptist is turning the whole “Faucet” idea on its ear.  He is saying that God gives His Spirit “without limit”.  While we are thinking of the Spirit in terms of a faucet, God is more like Niagara Falls.  There is no way to even measure what He is willing to do when it comes to His Spirit.

How do we begin to see things the way God wants us to see them, especially when it comes to His Holy Spirit?

• It requires faith.  When we put or faith and trust in God that He can truly do anything, we start to see the impossible happen right before our eyes.  Hebrews 11:1
• Ask for it, and ask for it often.  When we beg God (as His children) for His Holy Spirit, He is faithful and gives us His Spirit.
• Pray big prayers.  If God and His Spirit are without limit, than our potential as Christ followers is limitless.  Pray extraordinary prayers.  Ask God for crazy things to happen, even things that don’t make since.  God is not a lucky rabbit’s foot, but He doesn’t wear handcuffs either.  When my kids ask me for something, usually they will ask me many times.  If it is good for them, it brings me joy to do it.  This week our men’s group asked God to heal one of our guys who has brain cancer.  God can do this.  Brain cancer is nothing for God.  If He so chooses, He can wipe it clean once and for all.  Either way, He gets the glory and it brings Him glory when we ask Him for things we consider impossible.  Luke 1:37

Think big, pray big, ask your heavenly Father to do big things.  Use big faith and ask for the Spirit of God in unlimited quantities.  God not only shows up for His children, He shows out too!