INTRODUCTION
Are you good with boundaries? Do you have the guts to draw hard and fast lines that you are unwilling to cross, or allow other people to cross in your life and relationships? Are you able to say to people, “Thus far and no further!” For example, are you firm with your employer about your availability outside of work hours? Or are you constantly at their beckon call 24/7? Are you clear with your family about when, and under what circumstances, they can stop by unannounced? Or do you just have an “open door” policy? If you’re in the dating game, do you have boundaries when it comes to physical contact that will keep you from going too far? Or do you just go where your heart tells you to go? Boundary setting is an important relational skill! You need good and firm boundaries in your relationships with others. However, there is onerelationship, and only one, where we need not, indeed we cannot, set any boundaries and that is in our relationship with Jesus Christ. Being a follower of Jesus is an “all in” relationship! Jesus deserves all of us, all of the time, no boundaries! And unlike other people who make similar demands of us, Jesus isn’t some needly narcissist who drains the life out of us that we need to protect ourselves from. He doesn’t need anything from anyone! From him, through him, and to him are all things! And he is the one who loves us and has freed us and pours life into us in abundance! This message is intended to break down whatever boundaries we’ve set up between ourselves and this life-giving Jesus, so that we can experience the fullness of a faithful life in Jesus, no matter what. So if you’re up for it, I invite you to turn to Revelation 2:8-11.
