No Limits

Zechariah 2:1-5
1 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 So I said, “Where are you going?”
And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

3 And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,

4 who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

5 For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

Mark 16:2-6
2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

3 And they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”

4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away—for it was very large.

5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.

Ask a man in a wheelchair to climb three flights of stairs and he will say, “I CAN’T DO THAT.”

Ask a blind woman to walk through a stranger’s house and she will say, “I CAN’T DO THAT.”

A person without legs can’t play football.  Can they do other things?  Yes, just not those things.  Why?  They are LIMITED in what they do.

And so because we are all LIMITED In some way, we tend to LIMIT GOD.

What limits you?
What is stopping you?

Maybe you feel your life is a bunch of NO’S.
Will I ever get over this?  NO.

Will I ever feel better?  NO.
Will my job ever get better?  NO.

Will my finances ever get better?  NO.
Will I ever see my dream fulfilled? NO.

In Mark 16, Jesus was their HOPE.  The cross had just seemed to say NO to the life of Christ.

Now they are heading to a tomb to pay respects.
They were not expecting resurrection, they were grieving.

“What about the stone?  How will we move it?”
Kind of like our problems.

So big.  They block us, too big for us.  What are we going to do?  Who will help us?

But when they got there, THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY.
Now in Zechariah he sees a man measuring Jerusalem.

We are always trying to measure what God’s Word says thus we live a measured life, a restricted life.

Then another angel shows up and says Jerusalem will be a city without walls.

It shall extend BEYOND its present dimension.
Who am I talking to?

You are too limited.
Too restricted.

God says you are going beyond and breaking all LIMITATIONS.

You’re trying the hem God in to your little life.
But God wants to use you beyond your natural ability.

So while you are trying to LIMIT Him, He says, “I WILL BE A WALL OF FIRE all around and I will be the GLORY in her MIDST!”

All your enemies will be defeated.

So stop trying to LIMIT God.  We need to put our measuring lines away.

We measure how things work out by our standard.
Our measuring lines keep us safe in our boundaries.

Jesus did not do many miracles in His hometown because they measured Him.  They thought they knew Him.

Isaiah 54:2 – this banner is on our sanctuary wall.
“Enlarge the place of your tent,
And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings;
Do not spare;
Lengthen your cords,
And strengthen your stakes.

Enlarge, EXTEND.

Your comfort zone is the limit you put on God.
“What if it does not happen”?
“Shut up, devil”.

You can’t measure God by yourself.  With God, ALL things are possible.

There are NO WALLS, no blockades, no barricades, no screens, no enclosures, no barriers, NO LIMITS, NO BOUNDARIES.

Sickness can be healed.
Families can mend.

Demons can be cast out.
Your direction can change.

You can be saved.

Here is how we live a life without measure.
Take RESPONSIBILITY.

Fulfill your call, measure by God, NOT MAN.
Do what you are responsible to do.

If not you, then who?

Be MATURE.
Grow up in Christ.  Believe His Word.

Believe beyond what you can see.
LIVE A SELF-SACRIFICING LIFE.

If you died then HE LIVES and you can do ALL THINGS through CHIRST who died of us.

Enlarge our territory, increase our ability to LIVE.   Increase my responsibility, increase my maturity, and increase my self-sacrifice.

Take away my measuring stick and show me your WALL OF FIRE and Your GLORY.

God is saying, “Dream again, believe again, and take the limits off.”

RELEASE HIM to do miracles.  Take the limits off your marriage.

Take the Limits off your ministry.
Take the Limits off your finances.
Take the Limits off your education.
Take the Limits off your relationship.
Take the Limits off your church.
Take the Limits off your Pastor.
Take the Limits off your Country.

TAKE THE LIMITS OFF

Late on Friday, through the thorns, through the beatings, I can hear Jesus say, “NO LIMITS”.

Through the nails – “NO LIMITS”.
From the hill to the grave I hear Jesus, “NO LIMITS.”

The lamb that was slain for your sins says “NO LIMITS, NO BOUNDARIES”.


Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong