What boxes have you put yourself in? I want to talk about our tendency to limit what God wants to do through us and for us because we put ourselves in boxes.

I’ve been involved in ministry to women for many years, and I’m a woman myself, and I’ve seen too many of us build boxes around ourselves and draw lines in the sand that keep us from being all God designed us to be, and keep us from doing some of the good works he put us here to do.

Ask yourself what box or boxes you have put yourself in or you’ve allowed someone else to put you in. Here are some common ones:

I’m too old to do that—or too young.
I don’t have the right education.
I don’t have the right experience.
I don’t have enough money.
I can’t carry a tune.
I’m not good at math.
I’m not good with people.
I’m too shy to do that.
I’ll never be able to learn all this.
I don’t have the right looks.
I’m too big—or I’m too small!
That’s not my gift.

You may be in your own unique box. Think about it: what have you been telling yourself you cannot do for some reason like this? It’s time to break out!
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10 ).
I’m convinced many of us are missing out on the good works God prepared for us to do because we’ve allowed others to put us in a box, or more likely, we’ve put ourselves in some boxes. We just can’t believe God wants us out of the box and will equip us to do what he intended from the beginning of time for us to do.
Where there is no vision, the people perish (Proverbs 29:18 KJV).
Has God given you a vision of what you could do? Have you ever asked him for a vision of what he wanted you to do? If you’ve never aspired to something so big that it scared you, then you may be perishing spiritually.