Stepping Out with a Limitless God
Written by Kath Hudson | 5th April 2025
As a church, we began having extended times with God, last September, and for me personally, I spent a weekend at Ffald-Y-Brenin, a retreat centre in Wales. My heart was joined to a few other people there, who were equally hungry for more of God’s presence and we had some beautiful times worshipping God together. It was also a precious time for me to focus afresh on God and to listen for His still small voice. What did He have to say to me in this season?
In October, the lady, who heads up the children’s work at my Church, GodFirst, asked me to consider becoming part of the kid’s work team. She knew my heart for the children and my longing to see them stepping into all God has for them. I was a Primary School teacher for around 30 years and previously been involved in Kid’s work at church, so I had skills to offer but at this point in my life, I never considered getting back into all that. It was certainly not on my agenda, but I said I’d chat to God about it. I asked God if that was what He wanted me to do, then would He confirm it to me.
Two days later, a friend came over to me during the worship and gave me a word. He spoke about rivers following out through me to those around me. He specifically mentioned flowing out to the next generation! Chatting to God after I said, ‘thanks Lord for that word, but please could I have another confirmation if you really want me to do this.’
Soon after that I went to our Powerhouse group, (which was one of the few times I had been that term because I had been prioritising our Tuesday morning prayer meetings instead). During the worship, a dear friend came over and she started speaking over me, about coming into a new season. She saw me with the children, imparting things to them, with my passion and excitement.
Neither of these friends that I really respect, had a clue what I had been talking to God about but here was the second confirmation that I had asked for. The cherry on the cake was in my quiet time when the words ‘passing on to the next generation’ appeared. God had spoken so clearly and on three occasions. I knew that was what He was asking me to do and that I must be obedient. He has plans and purposes for me in this and I’m looking forward to seeing what God will do!
When I was in Wales recently, I felt prompted to go and see my terminally ill cousin, who has cancer. I only really see her at funerals and exchange Christmas cards. I’ve never met up with her on any other occasion. The only time I had to go and see her was on the morning before I was due to drive home. That just turned out to be her free morning when she wasn’t having chemo. God’s perfect timing! I knew this was definitely God.
The night before, I had hardly slept at all because of some challenges I was facing in my family. I was feeling very stressed and worried about it all.
As I drove to my cousin’s house, I was a wreck and the last thing I felt like doing was trying to have a conversation about God with someone I hardly know. I really did not feel in the right frame of mind. I prayed and cried out to God as I drove along.
When I was at my weakest, God was strong, and He stepped in! I had the most fantastic time with her. She was so open to all I had to say.
She has always gone to church, but she told me how she hoped to get to heaven and that people who had gone before her would help her get there, which was very strange. I was able to explain that we don’t have to hope but we can know for certain that we will go to heaven. She loved my dad, so I spoke of his certainty that he would go to heaven and that I too had no shadow of doubt because we both had confessed our sins and asked Jesus into our lives. I got to share so much with her including the incredible time I had with my brother before he died which was such a God moment. She also allowed me to pray for her and she was so grateful. That was my first amazing answer to prayer that day.
By the end of that day, God had answered prayer in relation to two other issues that I was really struggling with. It was in a way that was so much better than I could ever have imagined.
What a day, when I was feeling very weak and fragile, God was more than enough. He had turned up as I stepped out and trusted Him.
I decided the next day that it would be good to send my cousin a ‘Why Jesus?’ booklet so she would have more to think about. I talked to my husband about what had happened and he suggested that I should send her ‘Mere Christianity’ by C. S. Lewis. It’s a Christian classic which he has read. It seemed a great idea for this intelligent lady, so I posted the books to her.
A little while later, she wrote to me thanking me for the books and my prayers. She had read ‘Mere Christianity’ many years before and reading it again was so good and helped her to know that God forgives her failings. She found ‘Why Jesus?’ so simple to understand and easy to absorb. She was so grateful and thankful because it had helped her renew her faith.
Through listening to the leading of God, we had sent her exactly what she needed at that time. God is so good.
Let me encourage you to:
Learn how to listen more to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
Be encouraged to step out and trust Him because He has promised that He is with us, even when we feel weak.
“My grace is always more than enough for you, for my power finds its full expression through your weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12 verse 9 (TPT)
Raise our expectations in our limitless God.
“Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you.”
Ephesians 3 verse 20 (TPT)
Keep praying for divine appointments and be obedient when He leads us.
LET’S DO THIS
Ladies lets pause in His presence, let the words of this song sink in. Is there anything stopping you from fully accepting these truths about our God?
Take a minute in his presence and allow the Holy Spirit to minister to you. Asking for forgiveness where we have believed a lie, and breaking off these lies not giving power to the past anymore. Reminding ourselves: Romans 5:8 ‘God says we are greatly loved and created with purpose’. John 15:15 says ‘we are chosen’, 1 Thessalonians 1:4, ‘We are his messenger to the world. It’s time to embrace Gods Limitless power in our life as we stand on his promises’.
Take a moment, reflect on these truths may they sink in your heart, mind and position us to go deeper in our faith in this season. As we journey together discovering more about Gods Limitless Power.
Lastly, let’s choose from today not to limit our God. Let’s embrace everything God can do through us and in us when we put our trust in him by the power of the Holt Spirit.