Capacity - Part 2

 Our capacity is also determined by our ability to not only realise, but empathize with the fact that other people have things going on in their lives.  Capacity depends on people's capabilities to make rational decisions, to resist known situations that would harm them, and to recover from unforeseen disasters and experiences. And yet at the same time it is these very events which help to grow a person's capacity!
 

Another trap is to confuse capacity for motivation.  If we stop to be honest, how many times have we said to someone "Sorry, but I just don't have time for that," when in actual fact we do have the time or could make the time, it’s just that we can't be bothered or we'd rather not for whatever reason - and usually quite a valid one, we just don't want to offend the person we are talking to. The message that the person hears though can be something quite different and misinterpreted, when the truth would have been far more appreciated. There is an expression that a half-truth is no better than a lie, and this is where excuses fail. Particularly so in the face of social media when our lives are open for the world to see and perhaps the pictures posted and status's placed contradict what you tell others. (But again the validity and truth around social media could in fact yet again be a whole other study!)
 

What is the story you tell yourself?  Is it that no one understands what trials you have been through so, if you're honest, you feel an entitlement to receive?  Or it might be that you tell yourself you are not worthy, pushing traumatic memories away, giving to others because receiving blessings just feels far too uncomfortable.

The problem with these two extremes though lies in the fact that in order to expand your capacity you need to be able to freely give & receive in order to enlarge your blessing flow.  When your capacity is reached there is no more room and everything after this either becomes a burden or a waste.  Because, without stepping up and stepping into what you are truly capable of then your capacity will never grow and you will live a limited life.

We limit our capacity by worldly events, by expectations from ourselves and others which we should never accept, by excuses we think are justified, and when we operate out of the flesh.  However, when we walk by faith we step into the supernatural where we can experience unlimited blessings and miraculous breakthrough - more than we could ever think of or ask for.
 

So if you want to release your Burdens, step into your Potential, increase your holding Ability and Power, and expand your Reach then start by increasing your capacity. If you want to live a life of abundance, breakthrough and blessings then start by increasing your capacity.
 

"Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes." Isaiah 54:2
 

And suddenly we are no longer talking hypothetical, but a scriptural command.

Kath is married to Scotty and they reside in the Manawatu with their 5 boys aged from 1 to 14 years old. Kath's desire is to see women not only supporting each other in their daily life but also championing each other on their Christian walk.