“It’s not that His power was limited by them. It’s that His mission was limited because they would not receive the gift He was ready to give. He was ready to change their lives, save their souls and their bodies and their futures. But they said, No. Send it back. We don’t want it.
God will limit His work in our lives according to our response. If we will not exercise faith, if we will not obey, if we will not trust, if we will not submit, then He will not do all that He would like to do in and through us.
We have many Biblical examples. The Israelites wandering in the wilderness. King Saul. Peter told husbands when they refuse to love their wives in a Biblical way, their prayers are hindered. Paul told the Corinthians he had to hold back the message he had for them, a great spiritual message, because they hadn’t matured enough spiritually to handle it.
It is not any weakness or inability in God that causes these things, but that we put up a barrier to Him – a refusal to receive the gifts of His presence, His work, His instruction.”
