Whether you want to believe it or not, when people are looking at you as a Christian, they form an opinion about God. God has called you to be His representative. You are an ambassador for Christ.

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
(2 Cor. 5:20).

I understand this is a sensitive area in some people's lives. I must say it. How you live your life as a Christian gives other people an impression about God.

If you limit God in your life, you will cause others to have a limited perspective of God. If you are limiting God by attitudes of unworthiness or false humility, you will give people the wrong idea about God.

If you are easily offended and have unforgiveness in your life, you will portray this to others. When you limit God in your own life through wrong attitudes and behaviors, you limit God in the eyes of others.

When people see you, what do they learn about God? Do you represent God well?

Some people look at the way many Christians live and want to have nothing to do with God. When they see you poor, they think that God is poor. When they see you prospering, they think that God is prospering.

Right or wrong, that influences people. When you are blessed in all areas of your life, when you are walking in health, and when you are prospering financially, you are an example to others.

Please be careful with this. You should not want to be blessed to keep up with what other people are doing. You can become greedy and love money and hurt yourself. You should want to be blessed by God for the right reasons.

You should want to be blessed to glorify God and to be able to help others. God wants you to be blessed, but your priorities need to be right.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
(Matt. 6:33)

When your priorities are in the proper perspective, you can be blessed in all areas of your life. When you are obedient to God and serving Him with good intentions, then you will be able to be an example for others to follow.

This does not mean you will never have problems. This does not mean you will never suffer persecution or afflictions. This means that you will have the power working on the inside of you that allows you to bring glory to God through all your circumstances.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
(Luke 12:32)

It gives God pleasure to bless you. If you could just understand how God is more than willing to do exceeding abundantly above all you could ask or think, your limits would be shattered.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
(Eph. 3:20-21)

God makes this all possible by the power He has given you through the Holy Spirit who lives in you. You are the temple of the Holy Spirit. You are the container of God's power.

When you lay hands on the sick, He is laying hands on the sick. When you feed the hungry, and clothe the naked, He is doing it through you. He wants you to remove your limits so He can use you to bring glory to Himself through life and actions. This is all made possible by the unlimited power of the Holy Spirit within you.

Source: No More Limits by Happy Caldwell
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers