“The sky was the limit,” he said. “CAVU was the kind of weather we pilots wanted when we were to fly our planes off our carrier in the Pacific. We had little navigational equipment, so we wanted CAVU.”
When I heard that, my spirit leapt. That’s what we all need to succeed in our ministries, our callings and our goals—Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited. And that’s what God wants for us too. The Apostle Paul put it this way:
"And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: THAT YOUR FAITH SHOULD NOT STAND IN THE WISDOM OF MEN, BUT IN THE POWER OF GOD"
(1 Corinthians 2:1-5, emphasis mine).
With God, there is no limit. That doesn’t mean the achievement of our callings and goals is up to Him. No, He’s already done the work through Jesus Christ. Achievement depends on us…and we’ve got work to do!
Remember God’s Power
CAVU. Write that acronym down. Put it in your spirit. Meditate on it. Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited is something you can have, but you must choose it.
Psalm 78 asks about Israel, “How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan” (verses 40-43).
God didn’t put limits on Israel. He gave them the Promised Land. The limitations came from the people. They provoked God. They rebelled against Him. They disobeyed Him. They grieved Him by their unbelief—and they didn’t remember His power.
When challenges come, we must remember God’s power.
Back when Jeanne and I started our ministry, we didn’t have enough money to buy groceries. We had nothing. One day when we were wondering what we were going to do, there was a knock on the door. A woman greeted us and said, “The Lord spoke to my husband and told him you needed $50.” Then she handed me $50, enough for five sacks of groceries back then. It was nothing short of a miracle.
You probably have stories like that too.
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