You Are Limiting What God Can Do for You — And You Don't Even Know It

Jesus said, "I will come and heal him." He didn't ask about attendance records, past mistakes, or whether the person deserved it. He just said He'd come.

And the man told Him no.

That is one of the most sobering moments in the Gospels. Not because the man was rebellious — but because he genuinely believed he wasn't worthy. He thought he was being humble. What he was actually doing was putting a limiter on God.

That same thing is happening today, in your life and mine, every time we don't truly believe how much God loves us.

God wants to do more in your life than you're allowing Him to.

Paul prays something extraordinary in Ephesians 3. I pray this for every partner of this ministry every single day:

That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:17–19 (NKJV)

Did you catch that? The goal isn't just to feel loved. The goal is to be filled with all the fullness of God. And Paul is saying there's a direct connection between knowing the love of Christ and how much of God's fullness you can receive.

The next verse makes it even clearer: God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all you can ask or think — according to the power that works in you. Not according to His willingness. He's willing. According to how much power you let work in you.

And how much power you let work in you is directly tied to how much you believe He loves you.

You can limit God — and most people are doing it right now.

People say you can't limit God. But look at what the Word actually says. You are filled with the fullness of God to the degree that you know and believe the love of Christ. If you don't know it, if you don't believe it, you limit what He can do in your life.

I've seen people cry out in pain and tears, asking Jesus for help — and in the same breath refusing to receive it because they believe He's angry with them. Because they've done something wrong. Because they think they don't deserve it.

They are limiting God. Not because He's unwilling. Because they won't receive it.

Do you know how many people aren't healed today — not because God doesn't want them healed, but because they won't allow themselves to receive healing? They've elevated their mistakes above His love. They've decided their sin is bigger than His grace. And they've told Him no, even while they're crying out for help.

The centurion told Jesus to stop — and Jesus had already said He was coming.

In Matthew 8, a centurion comes to Jesus on behalf of his paralyzed servant. Jesus' immediate response?

"I will come and heal him."

Matthew 8:7 (NKJV)

No conditions. No checklist. Just — I'm coming.

And the centurion's response: "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof."

Think about that for a moment. Who is the authority on worthiness — Jesus or the centurion? Jesus has already declared the man worthy by saying He would come. And the man argued with Him.

He could have said, "I don't understand why You love me like this — but I'm going to let You come." Instead, he told Jesus to stop.

Now, the centurion still got his miracle because of his faith in the Word. But do you see what almost happened? Do you see how easy it is to block what God wants to do — not out of rebellion, but out of a genuine belief that you're too far gone for His love to reach you?

That is still happening today.

Just because your child left the door unlocked doesn't mean you stop protecting them.

Here's something I want you to think about, especially if you've been told that your problems are your fault for opening a door to the enemy.

Let's say you've told your child every night — lock the door, set the alarm. And one night you wake up to screaming. You grab whatever you need and come running. And the intruder turns around and says, "Wait — your child didn't lock the door tonight. Didn't turn on the alarm."

Are you going to stand down? Are you going to say, "Well, they should have locked the door" and walk away?

No. You handle the situation first. And then you deal with your child about what they did wrong.

If I — being imperfect, being flawed — would still protect my child regardless of their mistake, how much more your heavenly Father?

The reason God's protection doesn't always show up the way we expect isn't because He's holding out. It's because we're standing there telling Him we don't deserve it. We won't receive it. We think we need to pay for it first.

You don't deserve it. I don't deserve it either. But Jesus came anyway. Jesus died anyway. And His love toward you has not changed based on what you did yesterday.

Stop letting your mistakes be bigger than His love.

I'll be honest with you. I don't deserve anything God has done in my life. Not one thing. We recently had a new baby girl — and I know it was truly impossible. God made it possible. I didn't deserve that.

I can tell you about days I was hardheaded with my wife. Days I told the Lord no. If you want stories of me getting it wrong, I can give you plenty — and not from 25 years ago. From 25 minutes ago.

But I had to get to the place where I believed in God's love for me more than I believed in my own failures. And I'll tell you honestly — I still limit God, because His love is far greater for me than I can fully take in.

But here's the difference: I'm not standing at the door telling Him He can't come in. I'm letting Him work. I'm letting Him fill me. I'm receiving what He paid for.

The Word says you will be filled with the fullness of God according to the power that works in you. That power is not blocked by your mistakes. It is blocked by your refusal to believe He loves you anyway.

The freedom to be yourself is part of receiving His love.

Here's something that might seem unrelated — but it isn't. When you truly believe God loves you, you stop pretending to be someone you're not.

There was a day I wouldn't have shown you the real me. There was a fear that if you really knew me — the real version, the unpolished one — you wouldn't care about me. So I performed. I managed impressions. And every evening I'd lay there and feel completely alone because nobody actually knew me.

Once I found out how much Jesus loved me, I didn't have to manage that anymore. I can tell you what I do right. I can tell you what I do wrong. I'm not here to present a perfect version of myself — because I'm not one, and that's okay.

There's something that dies inside us when we're standing in front of someone, pretending to be something we're not just to gain acceptance. That pain ends when you believe God loves you. Because somebody far greater than any person in your life has already said: I want you, I love you, you are the apple of My eye.

You don't have to earn it. You don't have to perform for it. And you don't have to be afraid of losing it.

Stop putting a limiter on God. Stop telling Him you're not worthy when He's already said He's coming. Stop letting what you've done wrong become bigger than what He's done for you.

You will be filled with all the fullness of God — to the degree you let His love in. So let it in.

Fight To Win.