How Do You Limit God?

~~~ Genesis 17:3-9 ~~~ Psalm 105 ~~~ John 8:51-59 ~~~

God spoke to Abram, at which time he changed his name to Abraham. 

My covenant with you is this:
you are to become the father of a host of nations.

This was both an honor and a great responsibility.
There was one slight catch...
Abraham had to get
his people to keep their covenant with God.
This covenant was not just between God and Abraham,
but all of his descendants going forward...many generations.
As Abraham was already up in age
he found this covenant somewhat humorous. 

This all sounds easy enough, but it turns out to be
a rather difficult task going forward.

The word covenant is used thirteen times in the Bible.
Not surprising; God always keeps his side.

He remembers forever his covenant
which he made binding for a thousand generations –

Those standing in disbelief before Jesus were part of this covenant.
They stood and adamantly rejected it.
They imposed their own human boundaries...
their flawed human reasoning.
They limited the possibilities out of their own ignorance.

Too many times I catch myself limiting God's possibilities.
How do you limit God?
What boundaries do you set around him?

If we keep God contained within our boundaries
how can he exceed our expectations?

Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you,

before Abraham came to be, I AM.”

Their own boundaries prevented them
from the possibility that Jesus was God.

Jesus put himself in the present tense, where as
 Abraham was in the past.

In the Gospel of John
Jesus makes eight 'I Am' statements.

Jesus spoke firmly...emphatically.
Jesus spoke with confidence.
Blessings within each of the 'I AM' statements.
Peace.