BREAKING OUT OF LIMITATION

Breaking Out of Limitation         

Text: Judges 11vs1-11

  

Now ^dJephthah the Gileadite was ^ea mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah. ² And Gilead’s wife also bore him sons. And when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.” ³ Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of ^fTob, and worthless fellows collected around Jephthah and went out with him.

⁴ After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel. ⁵ And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of ^fTob. ⁶ And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader that we may fight against the Ammonites.” ⁷ But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?” ⁸ And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the Ammonites and ^hbe our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.” ⁹ Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight against the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them over to me, I will be your head.” ¹⁰ And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, ⁱ“The Lord will be witness between us, if we do not do as you say.” ¹¹ So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people ^jmade him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words ^kbefore the Lord at ^lMizpah.

What is LIMITATION? something that limits a quality or achievement, the act of limiting or the condition of being limited.

Limitation is synonymous to constraints, restriction or drawbacks; this are things that prevent us from moving forward or expand our territorial capacity, they constitute struggles and frustration in the life of a man. Limitation does not respect personality; it cannot determine human nature but have capacity to withhold the nature of a man.

Limitation of Jephthah is the genesis of his troubles and this begins with his mother, sometimes our limitations in life are parental while some are individualize. There are several limits that we are battling with right now that the origin is from our parent, it could be background deficiency, financial inadequacy, spiritual incapacitation or educational restriction, in whatever dimension it is, we are more that our limitations. Limitation does not determine our true person. The fact that Jephthah mother is a prostitute creates a very unacceptable atmosphere that makes life a very unbearable and hopeless place for him. His limitation are quite much But his true person cannot be change no matter how much or how big limitation can present itself. Jephthah is a mighty man of warrior, whether his mother was a prostitute or not or he is an illegitimate child or not.

Some of Jephthah limitations are as follows:

1. Illegitimate child 2. Abandoned by mother 3.Mother’s background as prostitute 4.Bitter resentment (thrown out of his father’s house) 5. Injustice over his inheritance 6.Economic recession (mingle with worthless fellows) 7. Rejected by brothers and families 8. Limited by opportunities.

But all this mentioned limitation as we can identify them does not change the eternal composition of Jephthah ability, it does not define who Jephthah is, there is no amount or magnitude of limitations that can change who you are in God. Who you are is divinely composed and cannot be change by earthly designed physical or spiritual limitations. Gods dealing with man is according to who he created him to be not according to his limitation or challenges. Seldom, most deadly limitation that destroy man is internal which is the capacity of the devil to make you believe who you are not..

HOW DO I BREAK OUT OF MY LIMITATIONS

1.  MAKE A CHOICE:Deut30vs19 ^s I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that ^tI have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; Breaking out of Limitation is a personal responsibility, you have to make a decision because breaking out of your limits is not going to be an easy road so you have to determine to fight the battle, your strong conviction of readiness is your strength to overcome. You have to stand to face your limitations, fight it and conquer it. Before you begin to see changes from your outside, you must have win the battle of the inside, the victory over limitation comes within, to break out you have to make a choice.
2. BE A MAN OF FAITH: Heb11vs32-34 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: ³³ who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. It Pleases God for you to break out of your limitation, after making that decision and choose to break out, the next thing is to increase your faith. You have to come to a level that you entrust your entire life to Jesus, he has capacity to deliver you, and he is our present help in time of need. He is God that is able to change all things and he himself never change.
3. BE A MAN OF PEACE: Judge11vs12-14 “he resolved injustice with forgiveness and blessing, there was no bitterness or strife in his heart. Also ths scripture confirm it by saying follow peace with all men, ps34vs14 God said that we should seek peace and pursuit it,Mk9vs50 God expectation for us is to live in pece with each other,ps37vs37 it is in your peace that your future lies, there is future for a man of peace. If you really want to live or break out of your limitation, you have to be a man of peace.
4. BE A MAN OF POWER: Judges11vs29 identifying your gifting and developing it have capacity of making you a very powerful person, it is essential that you work on your self so that you can become very powerful  in what God has deposited in your life. To break-out of your limitation, you need the spirit of truth and power which is the holy spirit. In breaking out there is disconnection and connection process, you have to disconnect yourself from the lies of the enemy about your limitation and connect to the truth of God for your life.

CONCLUSION:

What could your Limitation be? God is able to empower you to overcome your limitations, what God does is empowerment.Eph3vs20 God is magnificent in power, bigger than limitation, problems or challenges of any kind whatsoever, God’s power is at work in YOU.