Matthew 3:11–“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

One of the wisest things that I believe we should all eventually embrace is to know our limitations.  Not because of what we can do wrong by not knowing them, but what we hinder others from in their contribution.  That the idea of “team” or a more biblical term “body”, must know where each other fits, and where each other’s limitations come in…

The same holds true for a family.  God designing family order in such a way, and the husband and wife in distinct ways, revealing that both have limitations, so both need to let the other contribute in the way they are called.  Otherwise a person’s calling gets stifled, and the overall purpose cannot be fulfilled.

John the Baptist knew exactly what he was called to do in “preparing the way for the Lord”.  Yet he also knew his limitations.  That at best, he could call people to repentance, to consider their ways, and receive salvation from Jesus.  John knew he had no power to change people, he just knew his role and let God do the changing…

Do you consider your limitations in how you deal with people?  Even if you have children, at best all you can do is “prepare the way for the Lord”.  We cannot change anyone, so instead of wasting our efforts on ways of getting people to be what we want.  We should have the mentality of John the Baptist in accepting our limitations, but being faithful in what we are doing.  Always with the motive, to prepare people to be changed by Jesus.

In His Love, Ld