Limited

God designed us to live within limits. In Genesis 3, the devil gets Adam and Eve to believe the lie that they will find more joy, more happiness, more satisfaction, by living without limits. After all, God has no limits. And the devil’s temptation is that Adam and Eve could be like God: unlimited. In Matthew 4, we see the same strategy used by the devil to tempt Jesus. Each temptation is designed to cause Jesus to reject the limit of his humanity.

Today, the devil is using the same strategy. He is trying to convince us that we will find more joy, more happiness, more satisfaction, by living without limits. But here is the reality. We are limited. But our limits are part of a good design by a loving Creator. It is by denying ourselves and embracing our limits that we find the rest, purpose, and joy our souls are searching for.