Un-limiting God

Does anyone else find themselves limiting God as much as I do? I got an email from a friend yesterday asking me what I hope to find or experience at a conference I’m going to the first week of January. As I was considering my answer, I thought “well, I don’t want to go into it with any expectations because I don’t want to be let down.” It’s a trap I fall into quite frequently. Instead of thinking about things before they happen, I go into them blindly, with no idea what to expect. In some cases that’s good. I mean, it doesn’t do any good to overanalyze a situation or worry unnecessarily about it. But it doesn’t hurt to do a little thinking beforehand either, especially if the thinking involves praying ;)

Now that I’ve lost you with all that rambling, I’ll explain how this has anything to do with limiting God. In my efforts to keep myself from being disappointed, I’ve taken God out of the equation. I’ve assumed that He doesn’t want to or worse, can’t, grant my desire. I’ve prematurely assumed He’s going to answer my prayer with a no, without even giving Him the chance to say yes. But the last time I checked, we have an all-powerful God who is able to take the idea he has of himself in his mind AND MAKE IT INTO A FLESH VERSION! Soooo I’m pretty sure He can help me have an incredible experience at this conference.

Now, let me give you a little context—this is how the website describes the conference:

“SEEK is a gathering of college students on a journey.  It’s a place where we can come together to take on some of life’s BIGGER questions and, like guides along the way, learn from one another where wisdom and experience lead.  Life is meant to be lived and in order to live it to the fullest, we need to heed the wisdom that calls us to ‘ask, seek and knock’ to discover who we are, where we’re going and what motivates us.
Presented by FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, SEEK 2013 is an adventurous five-day event in Orlando from January 2^nd – 6^th.  With unexpected twists and turns, you will be challenged, inspired and left wanting more.”

How in the world could I be let down by that?? (Ignoring the fact that I’m not actually a college student anymore. Haha not important). But really. God is going to be doing some amazing things there. And as long as I have an open mind and participate in the activities and give everything up to Him, I’m going to leave a changed woman, or at least a more enlightened one! Especially if I pray about it before I hop on that 20+ hour bus ride and really think about what I want to take away from the experience.

And that’s my rambling for the night. Basically I’ve noticed that I tend to forget that God can do anything. But He wants me at this event for a reason, and I’m ready to figure out why! (and maybe ask for a thing or two along the way ;) )